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Getting up close and personal with a rattlesnake.



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Box Canyon Road, California

By the time we got to Mecca, it was starting to get dark. Still, we were able to drive most of the way down Box Canyon Rd with enough light to see. It was so beautiful. There were giant walls of rock for miles and miles.

We were disappointed when the darkness came and we could no longer oo and ah over the scenery, but our disappointment soon gave way to excitement. I saw what appeared to be a snake in the road and went into the left lane to avoid it.

"Alex, I think that was a snake," I said.

Alex insisted I go back so we could check it out. I didn't want to accidentally run over it while I was backing up, so I backed up in the left lane, very slowly. There had been no traffic at all on this road and I hoped it stayed that way.

Once past the snake, we could see it clearly in the headlights. He was kind of dark and very pretty with three black rings at the end of his tail. He was about three or four feet long. We couldn't tell exactly what kind of snake he was, but we were thinking he was a rattlesnake.

He started turning and slithering toward the side of the road. I pulled up beside him and told Alex to roll down his window so he could get a good look. He rolled it down and went to look out and then we heard the rattle!

My heart started racing and I hit the gas pedal hard. Alex said it gave him chills and he was still getting chills nearly five hours later. I told him I could be nominated for a Darwin Award for telling him to roll down his window. That was just plain stupid.

We both agreed, though, that seeing that snake up close and personal, in the wild, was extremely satisfying. Never had we felt anything close to that when we saw one in a zoo. Soon after, on I-10, we saw a kit fox on the side of the road. He was standing so still, you would have thought he was stuffed and he was looking right at us!

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Alex in 2006 in karate uniform
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The Adventures of Cheryl and Alex Index

Our Adventure Pictures
1) Home - Home? Isn't this story supposed to be about travel? 2) The Introduction - Just a little bit about us. 3) Here We Go - Our adventure begins.
4) Purtis Creek - Eustace, Texas - Our first night of camping may be our last. 5) Purtis Creek pt 2 - Keys locked in the truck and our first hike. 6) Logansport, Louisiana - A perfectly charming little town!
7) Atchafalaya Basin, Louisiana - Real cajuns! 8) Lake Fausse State Park - Who are these boys? 9) Lake Fausse pt 2 - Swarming mosquitoes everywhere!
10) Metairie, Louisiana - Wow, did a hurricane just pass through here? 11) Where to Now? - Deciding on the fly. 12) The Deserted Hospital - Why would a hospital be left open and unattended?
13) No More Running - Facing the loss of my brother. ) )
) ) Holly Grove Cemetery - Visit a cemetery at night? ) Holly Grove Cemetery pt 2 - Are we really doing this?
) Kitty Dunk Dog - Our cat's self-defense technique. ) )
) ) ) Hollywood and Beverly Hills - The real life Beverly Hillbillies.
) ) Box Canyon Road, California - Getting up close and personal with a rattlesnake. )
) ) Alex Learns to Wire Wrap - Quartzsite, Arizona ) Contentment - I'm living my dream.

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