[Adventurebolt2019]

 

[Solar_Bolt]

I live where the cactus grows.

 

[MisterJJ]

I live where the cactus grows.

Yup. Latest pic from front yard:

 

[jefro]

Wow! Nice.

 

[RacerX00]

I want to know more about what you're trailing sir.

 

[Terry Hancock]

I live in south central NM.
These are pics from my front yard.
Since all EVs like 90 plus degrees, our four are happy here.

 

[RacerX00]

You guys need to get over yourselves, we have them on Long Island too.

 

[Inteliquest]

This scene reminds me of Hunting season in Southern AZ. I was all the way back in some really rough country when here comes a guy in a Honda Civic... He was hunting Javelina I laughed for a while on that one...LOL

 

[AZBILL]

I hunt rattlesnakes on the golf course.

 

[RacerX00]

Man you guys are convincing me I already live out west. All this "rawr I'm more west than you" and all of it is also on Long Island.

 

[lucycan]

Moving from MN to SoCal soon. Not looking forward to the rattle snakes.

 

[Packard V8]

Moving from MN to SoCal soon. Not looking forward to the rattle snakes.

Not theoretically possible, according to the rattlesnake maps I consulted. That's theory, but I spent many years and many miles in SoCal and never saw a rattlesnake. Where in SoCal are you feard a snakes?

jack vines

 

[Adventurebolt2019]

Danger noodles!

 

[MisterJJ]

I spent many years and many miles in SoCal and never saw a rattlesnake.

Depends if you get outside the city or not. There's plenty of rattlesnakes in the foothills east of San Diego and also sometimes in the canyons that weave through the San Diego area. I lived in Ramona, on the East side of San Diego and came across several. A big one was laid out across the trail near my home and I was slowly approaching it to take a picture. Scared the carp out of me when it triggered the rattle and took off.

Very low incidence rate though and they will try to get away from you first. Dogs and horses are a bigger concern. They have classes for dogs to train them not to mess with rattlesnakes.

One good thing is that the only venomous snake in SoCal is the western diamond back, so learn what that looks like and steer clear. Anything else is not venomous.

Caught this cutie in my yard:

 

[jefro]

I used to go to the round ups. They'd put 50 in a sleeping bag and the person would slowly get out of the bag. Darn it, never saw anyone bit. I kept rooting for the snakes too.

 

[SteveCaz]

Love the desert. Glad I left Long Island many years ago.

 

[SteveCaz]

One more for your enjoyment

 

[redpoint5]

First thought from the title was J-tree. That's not J-tree though. AZ?

Rattlers aren't mean, except for the young ones. The smaller the more vicious. Tastes like chicken.

 

[MisterJJ]

I like that one. Claret Cup Cactus? How long do the blooms last?

 

[Terry Hancock]

I like that one. Claret Cup Cactus? How long do the blooms last?

Only a couple of weeks, Then shrivel and back to the green. Have several in the yard, and, at least, they are staggered in blooming.