u/Independent_Gap_6676

Looking at Half-Dome from the Yosemite Valley, East Meadow near Curry Village Yosemite NP CA USA.

I am jealous how deep his sleep is in the mid-afternoon. Nice! Dog days in the summer with his own personal fan. He will be 15 years old this December.

He is 14 yrs now so his teeth cannot handle crunching anymore. Still loves ice. He thinks it food.

It seems to be getting worse meaning more often and right on the trail side. This is my main weekly trail so I was wondering if this is happening more often at other trails too. I counted over ten new spots yesterday. Disgusting new norm I guess?? Note: there ARE clean Public Restrooms at the top and bottom. I wish we could somehow educate.

Climbing up Double Peak in San Marcos this morning around 7am. I walked right up, a super steep section of trail, to the rock it was coiled up on. I heard the rattling and stopped to listen thinking it was a sprinkler at the top but it sounded different. See how camouflaged it is. I must have listened while looking up for 5-10 seconds before I looked down. Right there in front of my crotch area about a foot away it was coiled and ready to strike. Damn that was close. I do have hiking sticks which were sorta close but he had me easy if he wanted... maybe he was too full.

I saw some rabbit fur near the tail and noticed it had just eaten with a big lump. it moved very slow as I waited to continue my hike. Makes sense it was so slow and why it did not get out of my way in time. I have hiked this specific trail weekly for 2.5 years, off-an-on for 7 years, and never saw one single snake. Got my blood flowing.