Rattlesnakes

I have decided to make a quick trip to visit my ailing brother in Creston, California while in route to Alaska. I know from experience his property is loaded with rattlesnakes Has anyone had snakes get into their r-Pod? I'm not afraid of snakes but I don't really want one in bed with me.

Excellent, I will sleep well on your advice.

Also have had fried rattlesnake before and it is actually pretty good!

Snakes are very interesting things. I been around them all my life, from living in the Mojave in AZ and CA, to fishing and running lines in the South and finally in the woods in TN. I never had an issue inside a camper. Some are aggressive and some will try and get away. Rattlesnakes are in the get away class. They will bite but usually when surprised or attacked, their sensors tell them how big you are. Moccasins are aggressive, I actually had them chase me, or torment me while fishing, and drop in boat from tree branches. Copperheads are silent and can be laying in flower beds and in rocks, get close they strike, number 1 poisonous bite in TN. Number one thing for snakes is a food source, if you run a littered camp site that brings in rodents, Jake is right behind them. Another thing is cover, if you have long grass or woods (brush) near your site, a rock wall, they have cover. One other thing - on my property I have a very large king snake, who has a thing about my garden hose, it is shocking to pick up your garden hose and find it has a partner.