Snakes Alive!!!! - or not.

The trend in the desert mountains here in Arizona is killing the rattlesnakes before they bite you. One of the neighbors at my sons place of abode killed another rattler and he is saving the skin. He had it rolled in newspaper to dry it. Then he said it will be soaked in alcohol and glycerine. It was about four feet long. Very long for the area. My son has moved farther out. It is halfway up a mountain side and the view is just spectacular. One can look out about five miles away and see Wickenburg where I am staying temporarily. My plans are to move there and get some drawing and oil painting done. Speaking of snakes, I killed my first rattler two days ago. It was a diamond back rattler. They are very common here. Oh, did I mention I was driving my car at the time and ran over the rattler, killing it. No, I did not keep it for the skin.