Mojave hi-desert dweller here, your description sounds ~identical to mine. Rattlesnakes and black widow spiders are about it. The scorpions are the annoying b

Mojave hi-desert dweller here, your description sounds ~identical to mine. Rattlesnakes and black widow spiders are about it. The scorpions are the annoying but not lethal kind by me. No deep freeze required... and there's no disease-spreading mosquitoes or tics to speak of any time of year.