Day 26 - Snakes!!

Messenger Flats to Agua Dulce - 24.1 miles. Distance from Mexico - 454.5 miles

Well you don't see this every day in NZ

This young rattlesnake was parked on the middle of the track giving it full noise. The young ones are dangerous as they don't know how to control the venom they emit. I'm now in an area where the Mojave rattlesnake lives. A vote from this green baby means I'm coming home in a container you can't open from the inside.
I also chased a tarantula hawk around the desert today as it was diving in to holes looking for prey. These giant fly like creatures with a blue undercarriage & orange wings are like helicopter gunships - no photo though :-(.
We have dropped down to Agua Dulce which means we are entering desert terrain. There was a great photo to have early on though

In the afternoon we entered the Vasquez Rocks area named after some bandit. Wow. Jaw dropping canyons and a vista of strata layered outcrops used in Star Wars and Star Trek

There were also signs explaining local genus which was interesting (no broad beans though Ruth).

Ended up a Trail Angel place called Hiker Heaven which is a backyard full of people. More about that tomorrow... Weta