When I came back from my stroll around the 'grounds' and my fruitless search for a live alligator, I went to open the screen door to the balcony and what did I see near where one would normally put their hand?

Oops!

Not the best of roommates for the unobservant.

At first I thought this little critter was dead, but then he hustled off across the screen door and I paid even more attention.

None of us needed a bad encounter with this on the day before we were scheduled to fly home for a zillion hours in and out of airports.