Rattlesnake!

It was a dark and quiet night in Lake Havasu. Jan and I were sitting on our porch watching the night go by. Flirt was on the patio below us looking over the patio wall.

Then I heard that sound. I’ve never heard a rattlesnake — only in movies — but the rattling sound was unmistakable.

As soon as I heard that sound, I called Flirt away from the patio wall and Jan, myself, and Flirt hightailed it into the house . . . all the while the rattle was getting louder and louder.

While Jan texted our neighbor Gary to come rescue us, I went out on the patio again with a flashlight to see if I could locate the snake. Let’s just say I was very, very, very, very cautious.

Sure enough, there was a good sized rattlesnake about 4 feet away from where Flirt’s head had just been. The snake was coiled up on the ledge on the other side of our patio wall.

Neighbor Gary, who has killed several rattlers this month, arrived with his snake-killing gear, and here’s what happened next . . .

Finally, did you notice that the snake seemed to keep on ticking even after its head was cut off?

Someone at Crazy Horse Campground was bit by a decapitated snake — so was this guy.

Election Day Dog Play

Three minutes of dog play featuring Flirt, the Golden Retriever, and Ollie, the Australian Shepherd.

Offered as an Election Day distraction . . .

Havasu!

Ah!

Lake Havasu living.

We left Bishop, CA last Tuesday. Then we stayed in a campground in Hesperia, CA for a night and took our motorhome to Colton Truck Terminal in Colton, CA for our yearly servicing.

We left Colton on Wednesday and stayed overnight in a Palm Desert campground.

Finally, we arrived in Lake Havasu on Thursday . . . we’ve been moving back in for the last few days.

Here’s how Flirt handled the journey . . . 

One Last Drive in the Mountains

We’re getting ready to leave Bishop and return to Lake Havasu, but we just had to take one more drive up the mountains.

Saturday was a perfect day for the drive — low cloud deck and clear skies.

By the way, we used a photo taken from our drive as the new header image on each of our web pages. The photo shows Mount Tom taken from Line Road outside of Bishop.

Here are a couple of movies from our trip plus bonus footage of Flirt in the local dog park . . .

Earthquake Fault

Bishop to Mammoth Lakes Trip (click to enlarge)

About a week ago we drove to Mammoth Lakes with our friends Bev, Herb, and Katy the dog to check out the Earthquake Fault in the Inyo National Forest.

We also took our dog Flirt along who enjoyed it enormously.

Here are some photos from our trip (click on a photo for slideshow) . . .