08/17/2026
So, We Were Packing Up In Orlando at our holtel & getting ready to head to Destin FL (To visit my hubbys parents) when my husband took some of our Luggage down to the car. On his way back up, he stopped and grabbed us some breakfast.
Keep in mind—we’re staying on the FOURTH FLOOR of the hotel.
The elevator doors open, he looks down at the floor and says, “Hmm…someone left a shoestring.” 😂
Pictures #1 & #2 .
Yeah… SO NOT A SHOESTRING. 🐍🤣
It was a BABY YELLOW RAT SNAKE!
Now here’s the part that has me completely baffled: not only was this little guy INSIDE THE HOTEL, but he somehow made it FOUR STORIES UP! 🤯🐍
How he managed to get that far into the hotel—or how nobody noticed him before now—is beyond me!
But seriously…WHY DOES THIS ONLY HAPPEN TO US?! 😂
My husband and I have developed quite the reputation for finding reptiles in the strangest, most unexpected, and sometimes completely WRONG places. Apparently, even while traveling, the reptiles still manage to find US. 🤣🐍
At this point, I’m convinced we don’t find reptiles…
THE REPTILES FIND US. 😂🐍💚
A much more appropriate place for this little one than the fourth floor of a hotel! 😂🐍
The Yellow Rat Snake is native to Florida, so after safely removing the little visitor from the hotel, my husband relocated it outside near the hotel’s large pond, where there is plenty of surrounding grass and wooded habitat. 🐍🌿