Defending its ground
by
Ken Bosma
In nearly 4 years of living in Arizona I had not seen a single rattlesnake. Yesterday, while hiking in Madera Canyon, I had my first encounter. It was on the side of the path. Another family had spotted him and had been trying to get him to move--severly agitating him. It was a ten minute standoff. He wouldn't move and we wouldn't pass.
Finally, he decided he would leave.
