“You’re not afraid of snakes, are you?” asked Mike, our guide with Desert Adventures Eco-Tours. “We just might see some today.”
I shook my head no, but kept my eyes peeled on the scene ahead. We were in a red Jeep, bumping along a dusty dirt road on Metate Ranch, an 800-acre private preserve in the California Desert near Palm Springs, California. There was no one else in sight, and all I heard was the crunch of our tires. The earth was dry and the dirt and rock formations looked almost white, a stark contrast to the deep blue sky overhead.
