Desert Hiking Puns

...just outside of Tucson. I came across a desert tortoise slowly making it's way up the trail.

As I made my way carefully around the old man of the desert, I saw something clinging to the tortoise's back.

I carefully leaned down to see what it was. A snail! Holding to the back of the tortoise.

And as I leaned closer, I could distinctly hear the snail screaming, "Weee! Faster! Faster!"

Happy cake day!

Because of all the sand which is there.

He treks his way up the incline at the bottom, slowly getting steeper as he makes his way upward. He eventually reaches the base of a large rock formation, which is much steeper, and makes his way up and around, through a winding trail running along a narrow ledge.

As he reaches the top, he finds a large, relatively flat area, where another hiker is standing near the edge, admiring the landscape. He walks over and stands next to the man, also taking in the view.

The man says to him, "It sure is a gorgeous view from up here, isn't it? The hike is pretty grueling, and you might wanna turn back a few times, but once you get to the top and look out over the whole desert, completely flat and stretching out as far as the eyes can see, you remember why you decided to climb this mountain."

He turns to the man and says, "It sure is, she's a butte."