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| | Hiking | 6.50 Miles | 3 Hrs 33 Mns | | 1.83 mph |
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| no partners | | 10 snakes total. 
Returned to the same area and saw 10 different snakes. Although, one snake could have been the same one I saw two days prior, but I was not sure, because it disappeared before I could photograph it.
Started off by seeing a 4.5' gopher snake. I followed its tracks to see it still in the wash. I saw a plethora of small river toads in the same wash. I saw a resting coachwhip that did not look healthy. I tried to water it, but it would not drink and slithered away.
Then I saw a night snake and then two male dbacks in combat. They stopped when I arrived, so I decided to look for the female. Males do combat in the presence of female. I didn't find the female. When I returned, they were at it again. I went for my camera, but then they stopped again. One dback coiled up (see photo), but the other one went under a bunch of rocks, and I lost sight of it.
I saw a sand snake stuck in a black widow's web. I thought it was dead as it hung off the ground. The black widow was occupied with a beetle at the time. When I touched the sand snake, it squirmed and was able to break-free. It appeared tired as it didn't move much, but it seemed okay, just tired.
I saw 2 more dbacks but they were in high grass and were hard to locate. I then saw a kangaroo rat bounce by a hole. When it did, a small gopher snake popped its head out to track the rodent. I snapped a photo then gave it some water. It actually drank a lot. I would have missed that fella if it wasn't for the rodent.
I thought I would start earlier to get home earlier, but I ended up staying until 2am. Good variety tonight!  |
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I was also late for work.
. What are the chances 
?! Good to see you. It's been way to long 
. I went up to the saddle then headed east on the ridge. Safety first and I was slow going. I wanted to drop off the ridge after the summits but it was to steep for me. I stayed on the ridge until I finally found a use trail down. At the saddle it seemed to go the wrong way so I bushwacked (way to long) back to a Meridian wash. Shorts=ouch. Now that I look at the route, I should have went that way ](https://hikearizona.com/dex2/images/smilies/eusa_wall.gif "Brick wall"){kind=small}
. As I was dropping into the wash I saw a roadrunner and starting singing the roadrunner song. Off key,I guess 
, as 3 Javelinas didn't appreciate it and ran up the wash. Finally climbed out and hit the trail I started on and back to the car in no time. 
(1 dback and 3 longnosed snakes). It's good to see some long-nosed snakes again. The drought made them less abundant this year. 
It's not too late to cancel your plans to go up north and take the family out to see them. 
