[coppadad]

Hi everybody,

This is my first posting this year and I'm not sure if I'm doing this correctly but here goes. My wife and I are renting a 3 br. Amarillo for the month and were just settling in when we got our first visitor, a small (1.5-2.0 inch) scorpion. Just a few days later and there appeared a 2 foot long black snake in the garage, we're wondering when to expect the alligator in our drive. We flushed the scopion and released the snake which had its head stuck on a insect stickey strip. I would expect the ocassional snake encounter but my question to all of you full time residents is has anyone ever come accross a scorpion before and are they common in this area. We are having trouble sleeping at night with one eye open and need some feedback regarding the scorpion. Thanks.