The Arbor Hills Nature Center in Plano, Texas

I was driving about aimlessly when I stumbled on the Arbor Hills Nature Center in Plano. Plano is an affluent suburb of Dallas and the nature was very nice. There were lots of wide concrete paths and there were a lot of families there going for a walk

The city of Plano had done a great job of planting and restoring the black land prairie grasses and plants.

There were also quite a few places where they had planted native flowering plants that were quite beautiful.

The real treat for me was finding this beautiful fellow on the path. I believe it is a rat snake which is a harmless and as it's name implies it eats rats and other small animals. It is a very rare thing to see snakes or any other wild life in heavily used parks so I felt very fortunate. I also stayed long enough to be sure the snake made it off of the path without someone stepping on him.