I was up early this morning and headed west to the Black Hills with a few friends to hike Harney Peak. (Harney was appropriately renamed Black Elk Peak on August 11, 2016). At 7,242 feet, Harney is the tallest peak between the Rockies and the Pyrenees. We had a few errands to run along the way, did our hike, got some groceries, and had dinner at a Japanese steakhouse. We returned to the park with just enough time for me to switch out gear and get ready for another night of ferret spotlighting. On my way to meet everyone, there was commotion a few apartments down where a friend had discovered a rattlesnake outside her door. A few of them were deciding how to handle the situation, which ended well enough. We captured the snake and relocated him far away from the housing area.