Tours Segment – October 1, 2024

3:00 – 4:00 PM

Seg 3 – Tours Segment

LISTEN TO THE COMPLETE SHOW FOR DETAILS OF SUBJECTS DISCUSSED IN THIS INTERVIEW.

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 on the new guides in training now.
– REPORT that all tours are up and running; 3 hour tours not including travel time.
1. Indian Canyons
2. Joshua Tree
3. San Andreas Fault @ 8 AM and 1 PM, 7 days a week.
4. Painted Canyon Jeep Tour
– QUESTION FROM A “JOEY PAL”
1. Why do cockroaches flip over when they die? (Because whatever poison is administered affects their nervous system and flips them over. Even though not dead AND flipped over, they will wiggle their legs when you approach as a “flight or fight” syndrome.)
– REPORT that “beer” will keep snails out of your garden.
– REPORT that this summer heat was really hard, EVEN ON THE DESERT PLANTS that belong here.
– DETAILED REPORT on the San Andreas Fault Tour. Order of what you see on the tour;
1. Fault line
2. Oasis
3. Re-created Cahuilla Indian Village
4. Canyons, in Indio Hills and you’ll walk a bit. i.e. “SLOT” CANYON.
– DISCUSSION of how an Oasis is formed.
– REPORT that Red-Jeep Tours is #1 on Tripvision.
– 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.
– (contact info; www.red-jeep.com and (760 324-5337).

Rick