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30th April 2009
This morning it is cold in the desert, about 12c
Went for a guided tour of the Keys ranch with a ranger.
You would not believe how these people lived right up into the 1960's, talk about primitive.
The thing that got me the most though is that nothing rusts - less than 20% hunidity year round and only 5 inches of rain over the past two years (not a lot of moisture). The steel is as good as the day it was made, paint has been cooked off and the steel has gone brown, but no rust.
The old truck in the photo was last used in 1940, but last year with a change of oil, spark plugs which were found lying in the junk and fuel lines blown out, she started and was driven. Didn't go very far as it has solid wheels and sunk into the sand. Was jacked up in its hay day and used to drive machinery.
The Tortoise is a dying species, they have a lung disease, passed on by touching noses or even walking over the spot where one has died with the disease up to 10 years later. This
one is a teenager.
into Joshua Tree in the afternoon, and the siesta at 3.30pm 95 degrees F but real dry heat.
Went for a walk once it had cooled down.
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