Snakes on a Trail

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While mountain biking the other day, I had to hit the brakes for a rattlesnake, the third of three I saw in two days here in the Phoenix area. This snake, at the McDowell Sonoran Preserve, was stretched out across the trail and not inclined to move, until I skidded up. My biker buddy and I dismounted and walked well around it, of course.