Went on a 5km jaunt in the hills near our home, fortunately Dirk Pitt's favourite watch had no problem with fine, cool mist...
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...this is the point on the walk when the Pacific Ocean usually comes into view, but not today...
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...and then there was this critter on the trail, a juvenile Western Diamondback...my third rattlesnake encounter since March of this year...
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...but fortunately the cool weather kept this dude/dudette in a relatively lethargic state, and it was easy to gently encourage it to leave the trail. The creature was so cold it couldn't even vibrate its tail...poor thing.
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