Thanks for a great trip report. I am like you: hate big cities, freeways, loud crowds, love the quiet, serene uncrowded.
Toroweap is a beautiful area that is becoming quite popular.
Do you often see rattlers on your trips? We have no poisonous snakes here in the PNW so i am somewhat in awe of them. Never saw one in the wild except for a dead one.
Awaiting next installment. Great photos by the way.