Tack on at least another 5 miles to what i'm estimating around 40-50 miles of hiking through Arizona total, and no snakes. If I had not met and hung out with a cool old vet who told me tales of his snake encounters, and gave me a nice speckled rattlesnake skin to tan, I would believe snakes to be a myth here. Mmm even got an invite for a BBQ to eat the rattler tomorrow. I don't understand how I can't have found a single one. Everyone says they're everywhere, and this is the time of year they are really active.
I did find a nice adult desert iguana. And for the first time I found a diamondback shed in some rock outcroppings.... i'm getting clooossseerrr....