TRAIL RUNNING
My Rattlesnake Trail Friend
The western diamondback I saw four times within two months
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10 min readMay 13, 2024
Author’s note: Throughout the story, I refer to the rattlesnake as male because I named it Curly and I don’t know any women named Curly. Also, I don’t know the gender since I’m not a snake expert, and I think it would be unfair to my trail friend Curly to call him “it.”