My Wife: The Rattlesnake Dowser

Street Smart Naturalist · May 28, 2026 · 7m

Last weekend we ventured over the Cascade divide to the dry, east side of our fair state. We spent three nights in a sort of modified shed at Rimrock Lake, about 10 miles east of White Pass. Saturday morning, we woke to snow covering the trees perhaps a few hundred feet above us. Before we could walk out the door, snow began to fall at our shed. I do love spring in the Cascades. None of the snow stuck at our elevation but when we drove up the pass, we soon encountered a couple inches on the road. Being the brave people we are not, we turned around and returned to the lower, drier desert.

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