Hoss50 Report post Posted September 27, 2020 The family and I have started hiking on Sunday mornings to try and get more excercise. This weekend my wife was hoping to see some of the donkey's at Lake Pleasant Regional Park so we decided to hike Pipeline Canyon trail. 300 yards in with my 8 year old in the lead we find exactly what we didn't want, a 2' rattler crawling the trail too. I was right behind my 8yr old and yelled to stop and grabbed him. The snake went up to that little rock and curled up and got defensive. We backed off for about 5 minutes hoping he would leave, and when we moved back up toward him he decided it was best to get off the trail. We hiked the rest of the trail with no issues. The "floating bridge" must have been taken out by a flash flood because it was washed down river. We were 85% of the way done with the trail and had pretty much given up on the donkey sighting when I came around a corner and found these guys hiding in some shade. 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Edge Report post Posted September 27, 2020 Go hiking behind my house, lots of burros (snakes too). 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HorseHunter Report post Posted September 28, 2020 Awesome taking the family out. Sounds like they learned some things and will have a story to tell their friends. Before you know it they will be grown and off on their own adventures. Keep it up and thanks for sharing. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ohthatguy Report post Posted September 28, 2020 That snake is beautiful. Shoot the danm donkeys... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AZHOUND Report post Posted September 29, 2020 Pretty little rattler. What kind is it? I’ve never seen one that red Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ohthatguy Report post Posted September 29, 2020 Speckled... it's on my list.. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
