The Living Desert

The Living Desert, in Palm Desert, CA is a wonderful zoo/botanical garden. Half is devoted to Africa, and half to North America.

I wandered around the Africa side with my friend Marian, who is an expert on African cats. It was like having my personal tour guide. Her favorite cat is the cheetah.

This is my favorite.

We went to 2 wildlife shows. This kookaburra thought everything was just hysterical.

But guess who was the star of the show! A serval!! Since I have a grandcat who is part serval (post here), I really liked this one.

She's quite a lover, especially when there's food involved.



See what those long legs are good for...

The tail end goes down the trap!

They have a huge animal hospital here -

With lots of different rooms.

But one thing you will definitely remember about The Living Desert is the model railroad - it covers 3/4 of an acre and 3300 feet of track.

The details are amazing.

It includes the world's longest G-scale wooden trestle - over 200 feet long.

They also have a really cool carousel.

But all good things must come to an end...