Evening walk in the canyon. Burros blocked the high trail we initially wanted to walk so we altered the plan for Tux's sake. It is still t-shirt weather and I don't recall it being so warm at this time of year. Not surprisingly, we encountered a rattlesnake. Hoop walked by, Tag walked by, I walked by, and Bob finally saw it when he followed and boy did he jump. I thought he'd been stuck by the graythorn bush growing over the trail but he was gasping something about snake and told me to circle round to get a picture. Sure enough, there was a nice diamondback coiled up in the shade, and too cool to move. This used to be the time of year we could let our guard down and relax while walking, but not any longer.
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