Surprises Every Day
Monday August 31, 2026 ... I got to see my very first desert tortoise on Monday and dang ... that was the very first time ever being able to see a live desert tortoise. Little dude was crossing a road through a golf course, which there are a number of golf courses where I live in the Mojave, and I've been traipsing the Mojave Desert for a very long time. You see the desert tortoise is a very shy critter and prefers to remain out of sight for reasons that are known to a desert tortoise. Especially for one crossing a road through a golf course. A golf course makes for almost perfect environmental conditions for a desert tortoise. Grass and water and the occasional golf ball so all things considered, tortoise paradise. Then there was a road runner crossing the same road and it was almost like one very special gift from the desert djinn. The djinn will do that on very rare occasions and I suppose the wife and I simply lucked out. I've seen desert big horn sheep, I've seen des...