DW & I got to Quartzite yesterday and paid our 180.00 good till
April 15th. We are at La Posa. I am still fighting an ant problem
picked up in Cali. a couple weeks ago. So any ways we picked a pretty
nice spot and all is well. Well More or less. Car broke down in
Bakersfield as did MH. Fixed Mh but left the car till next payday.
So I am wondering as we did a few little walks around the area and
we see numerous little burrows in the ground but no sign of life.
What are in them? Some look like maybe Tarantula dens or perhaps
something else. Haven't seen anything and of course I have seen shows
about the snakes, tarantulas and scorpians that inhabit the southwest
US. Anyone who has camped here and has info would be appreciated.
Any chance it was rats that ate through the radiator hose in your car and RV?
I hope that you can get rid of the ants. I found that by keeping all the sweet food in tight fitting lids, such as tupperware, it keeps them from getting something to eat or drink, and they will eventually die.
Make sure that your daily trash is moved someplace the ants can not get to it.
Most likely ground squirrels or gophers? Sure see plenty of 'em in the winter when we are there.
Still wouldn't stick my hand down one though!!
We'll be there for THE SHOW in mid January.
Have fun!
Don and Patty
Some of those holes are field mice, I know because we just left there and came to Tucson, with a couple of them aboard. LOL. Set the trap the 1st night and got one, still at least one to go. Others are tarantulas as you thought and the larger ones can harbor snakes, so be careful. Yes, there are scorpions in the desert and they are not the small wimpy model, like they have back east.
Bob & Betsy - USN Ret'd '78 & FL LEO Ret'd '03 & FT Class of 2002 '05 HR Endeavor 40PRQ, 400 Cummins -With-'05 GMC Sierra SLT, CC, Z-71, the pusher & our '07 Arctic Cat 500A & '08 Suzuki KQ 400A, riding in the pusher. Where the wheels are stopped
One of our most popular titles is "Desert Holes" which explains what critter made what hole.
Anyone who has walked in the desert has looked at countless holes in the ground. This book
describes what lives in these holes, who digs them and who 'borrows' them.
We have many titles on desert flora and fauna, mining, history, anthropology, and Native Americans.
Another subject of considerable interest is water. "The Cadillac Desert" is a title that covers this subject extensively.
We have Arizona Highways, Desert Magazine and Plateau Journal.
There are reference materials on Hadj Ali, or "Hi Jolly" as he is known, as well as mining journals and a doctoral dissertation on the properties of the local Copperstone Mine.
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