[pct-l] Re: San Felipe Hills alternate route?

[Lonetrail at aol.com (Lonetrail@aol.com)]

One of the most spectacular scene I ever witness was coming up San Felipe 
Hills just as I was rounding a switchback was a curled Rattle snake rattling his 
rattle. I stopped for a second and setting right beside the Rattler was a 
Rabbit. The Rabbit blinks her eyes and began to give birth to premature bunnies. I 
guess she was just zapped and the venom was setting in. I decide to let 
nature take its course and walked on. 

Lonetrail


> This past summer, we started up from Scissors Crossing at 3:00 a.m. in
> the coolness with lots of water and with a full moon, using headlamps as
> needed.  To hike along up there, watching dawn unfold, was really quite
> special.  Three shady rest breaks and a leisurely pace brought us to
> Barrel Spring about 4:30 p.m., welcomed by a young pouting rattlesnake
> coiled in the middle of the trail.  In spite of the endless ins-and-outs
> of ravines toward the end, it was for us, all in all, a most memorable
> hike. 
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