If you are driving near Blue Diamond, Nevada to Calico Basin on Charleston Boulevard, keep an eye peeled for donkeys! Earlier that day as I was blasting up the Mountain Springs Pass, I passed five or six Rams standing very close together, directly next to the road! I and others were up-bound at sixty five miles per hour too. Should they have moved a few foot, the results would be terrible for all involved. They were not there on my way back to Las Vegas later that day. It totally sucked that I couldn’t get the photos!!
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I’ll drive there just to see them 🙂 I’ve seen many wild horses, but only wild donkeys once. I love the last photo!
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Thanks very much! They aren’t always around, sometimes there is just one donkey but when heading into Red Rock Canyon and that area, I usually head to Bonnie Springs which is where they seem to be seen more often. There is a $500 fine if caught feeding them but I’ve seen folks do it along with PETTING them. NO! They are wild animals!
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I will be driving to Las Vegas in a few weeks. I think I might just take a detour out to Bonnie Springs. It’s the same with the wild horses outside Reno people feed them all the time. It’s tragic. They don’t understand the damage they are doing.
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Shame on them! Hit them where it hurts most – the bank. That’s a long drive for you from Northern California.
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Yes, it is a long drive.
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I’ll buy you lunch! It’s cooled down a bit the last few days, was 112 a few days ago. Just 105 or so today… Just…
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Deal. The weather is almost identical here.
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I noticed because of The Weather Channel coverage. I am sad about the fires.
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Yes, the fires are scary.
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They see a camera and become stealth donkeys, then?
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They must because they are difficult to find some days. Stealth Donkey! The new James Bond! 😬
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🙂
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