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This is cropped down from the original to focus on the subject. Early in May, I organized three groups of hikers to go see the Twin Arches. The first group was going to take a 6-mile loop, the second group was going to take the 2.5-mile loop and go fast and I led the last group who wanted to take their time. In other words, about 30 people had gone down the trail before I did. Suddenly a girl two behind me gasped, "Snake!" The boy behind me said, "Snake? I'll get it." I turned and yelled, "Don't touch it! It's a copperhead!" I walked by it and didn't notice it beside the trail, but then none of the other 30 or so hikers before me saw it either. The funny part is later that evening I was going through my pictures and wondered why I took a picture of the ground. Did I accidentally hit the shutter button? Then I realized, Oh! this was the picture I took of the copperhead.