Red-Jeep Tours Segment – August 5, 2025

Seg 3 – Red-Jeep Tours Segment

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RED-JEEP TOURS w/ Rick Curtiss re:
– REPORT that tours will be @ 8 AM, or maybe even earlier, depending on the weather.
– REPORT that in August, NO low desert tours, only hi desert due to the heat.
– DISCUSSION of Scorpions.
– DISCUSSION of the party venue available @ Metate Ranch, @ the end of Monroe Street in Indio Hills.
– REPORT on the re-created Cahuilla Village; the colored lights; the water features; the metate stone.
– DISCUSSION of how the tribe did tattoos. How the inheritance went from mother to daughter-in-law and tribe to tribe w/ the various tribal marking on chins.
– REPORT on arranged marriages but a girl always had the right of refusal.
– REPORT that this Cahuilla culture is at least 8,000 years old as opposed to Egypt being 4,000.
– DISCUSSION of snakes; all snakes are cold-blooded or ectothermic, because they get their internal temperature from the outside temperature. Joey’s Koi Fish go into a type of brumation as well.
– REPORT that some snakes lay eggs (overvigorous – where we get the word viper from) but as soon as they are laid, they hatch. Other snakes lay eggs, and they take a while to hatch.
– REPORT that the Mohave Green is possibly the most dangerous snake in the Valley.
– REPORT that snakes can strike from any position, not just coiled. Can strike up to 1/3 of it’s body length.
– DISCUSSION that NO snake is poisonous, they are venomous, which must be injected directly into the blood system.
– REPORT that young snakes are more dangerous than older snakes. Older snakes can regulate the amt. of energy it takes to express venom. Young snakes can’t regulate their venom, so they will give you ALL the venom they have. IF YOU GET A SNAKE BITE, GO TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM.
– (contact info: www.red-jeep.com and (760) 324-5337)

Rick