Just got back from the Trans Pecos. It was bone dry and there was not much moving. We went home 3 days early.
The view from the observatory, Ft Davis
Estimates of over a million acres burned.
This suboc was found basking on a cut after a big meal.
We did see a couple of snakes per night. Some were very thin. We saw a few atrox, night snakes, subocs, 1 bairds and an alterna. Still it was nice to see friends and spend nights outdoors in the desert.


We were out a few weeks ago and stayed in Val Verde because of the fires. Talked to the game warden and he was cool. He had no problems with us taking pics of reptiles as long as we got our vehicle off the road. We were wearing reflective vest also and he liked that. We saw a bairds and alterna also but both ours were DOR's. A huge area of Pandale was burnt but nothing was still burning when we got there. In total we saw 12 snakes in 3 days and 8 were dors. Pretty rough out there right now.