My First AZ Trail Snake (Now W/Hamster Power)

Sunday, April 29th, 2007 | Life

So tonight I went to take a walk, and as typically happens with me I get bored with just walking, so I turned and went to climb the mountain.  I figured I would play it safe tonight and stick with the paths.  However I did not go out until about 7pm.  To indicate how long I was out, I have only been home for 5 minutes and It is now 8:21 and pitch black except for moonlight now. 

Even taking the path I choose to go way the hell up the mountain and again being stubborn decided not to turn back to make my trip easier but instead keep going over the various mountains.  So when I was finally on a downward path, it was dark.  I did not care, as I see very well in the dark and I was on a real trail, so no worrying about sliding into a cactus. 

Well one thing I hadn’t thought of was that the creatures come out at night.  I don’t blame them.  In my entire time on this giant mountain, there was only 2 other people I saw, as opposed to during the day where there are mountain bikers and hikers all over.  So as I was running down some rocks I all of a sudden stopped dead because out of my peripheral vision I saw a snake going down the rocks right in front of me. 

I am not scared of snakes and it was quite obvious that it was more scared of me, however It made me stop and think that perhaps I should be more observant.  So I took out my headphones to give me better sense of sound and my surroundings. 

To be honest I was told when I moved here that I would see snakes and scorpions all the time, and this is the first time I have seen one at all. 

I think in the future I shall go out before the sun sets, just to avoid situations like this.  Of course, It is much more comfortable to go out after sun starts to set here since It can get so bloody hot and it will only get worse in the next couple months. 

Oh well, damned if you do, damned if you don’t.

               

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