New Years Hike

On New Years Day we took a hike near home.

It was a cool, crisp day and the hike took us up in the hills behind the house. In addition to deer tracks, we saw what we think were racoon tracks along the way.

 

 

 

We were also excited to see two B2 bombers circling overhead as they waited to fly over the rose parade in Pasadena.

Rattlesnake!

I can now add "Rattlesnake" to the list of wildlife that I've seen in my yard!

Note how he is moving directly towards the photographer's (Henry's) ankle in this shot. Yikes! I grabbed the cat and we went inside. Henry caught the snake and deposited him in the canyon.