Joan Fox writes: A turtle by any other is name is still a PITA Murray and I are in Tucson. It's Xmas and we are having a wonderful time, golf, tennis, awesome food. We are staying at Ventana Canyon and one reason I love it is the wildlife the comes down from the hills to the hotel. We had mountain lions in the PM even on the golf course. I got up everyday to see the animals and put out vegetables for them even though the hotel says not too. Anyway, we are staying through New Years and we go out to the Desert Museum for a last time on the way to the airport before leaving. As we are exiting town on a 4 lane road I spot a HUGE desert tortoise in the middle. Ok, I stop the car, Murray stops traffic and I pick up this monster and put him in the rental car. Aha! now where would you put a relic like this but the Desert Museum? So we continue on our journey. Deposit this guy after hauling him, and I mean hauling, as far as we can out into the desert and still see the car. Now I wave goodbye, then as we look back he is slowly ambling toward us. We take him further away and RUN back to the car. The people at the Museum said he would be fine and they would keep an eye on him as we had placed him on a line to the sign for it. Ok, we feel good about our rescue and go to the airport and turn the car in. Last time I used Hertz, they charged us $182.00 for the turtle poop clean up fee. I wonder what they put that under in the computer? I have another turtle rescue story also if anyone cares. Hertz should be glad you didn't rescue a pony. (I want to hear the turtle story) Helen Franklin ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2004. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://www.showgsd.org ============================================================================