Tours Segment – August 6, 2024

3:00 – 4:00 PM

Seg 3 – Tours Segment

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RED JEEP TOURS “MOUNTAINS OF FUN” w/ Rick Curtiss re; 74-794 Lennon Pl., Ste., B. Palm Desert.
– REPORT that Red-Jeep Tours is in it’s 36th year.
– REPORT that Red-Jeep Tours has put a pause on all of it’s tours for August BUT Joshua Tree. All the Jeeps will be re-furbished.
1. San Andreas Fault Tour – not during the summer.
2. Indian Canyons – not during the summer.
3. Joshua Tree – only one during the sumer.
4. Painted Canyon Tour – not during the summer.
– REPORT that there are 5 Canyons; Palm, Andreas, Murray, Chino and Tahquitz REPORT on the 3 ways the plates move. 1. Subduction zone. 2. Plate spreading. 3. Strike/slip.
– TOPIC FOR TODAY; the Salton Sea.
– REPORT on the “smell” of the Salton Sea we all are smelling now. It’s an enclosed body of water, no fresh water, unless it’s from rain and it carries all the minerals, fertilizers, etc. from the ground around the Sea. Sulfur Dioxide and some of the smell of the fish dying. Large algae bloom as well, which takes all the oxygen out of the water and the fish die.
– REPORT that the Tour Schedule has changed for the summer. Starts @ 7 AM to 10 now. Only early morning because of the heat. No afternoon tours.
– ANNOUNCEMENT that they are hiring…MUST BE ABLE TO DRIVE A MANUAL TRANSMISSION.
– (contact info; www.red-jeep.com and (760 324-5337).

Rick