Summary of the text: In the first three chapters of Desert Solitaire: A Season in the Wilderness, written by Edward Abbey, the author writes about his experience moving from Albuquerque to Moab, Utah for a job at the Arches National Monument. After meeting the superintendent and chief ranger, they guide him to the house trailer where he will be staying and take a few supplies to him. Then, Abbey is given a tour of the park and job description and later returns to the house trailer. The next day, he sees mice in his trailer and a rattlesnake under the steps. In hopes of getting rid of the rattlesnakes and mice, Abbey catches a gopher snake and keeps it as a pet until one day it leaves and he is left alone again. One month later, the gopher
