Cactus and Snakes, Together Again
Slithering out after it was a blacktail rattlesnake, which settled into the limbs of a mesquite tree that shades a newly formed section of the Arizona Trail….
Although the rattler appeared to have moved on, ocotillos, prickly pear cactus, wildflowers and other plant life had perked up after the latest round of monsoon showers.