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I pick up the tortoise and put him down amidst some flowers, encelias perhaps, off the road

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7757-brant-road.jpg Tortoises shouldn't be touched, but they also shouldn't be left in a rocky road where a passing car might inadvertently crush itThumbnailsA bit further up Brant Road, I stop to look across the tortoise's habitat, and down toward Ivanpah Dry LakeTortoises shouldn't be touched, but they also shouldn't be left in a rocky road where a passing car might inadvertently crush itThumbnailsA bit further up Brant Road, I stop to look across the tortoise's habitat, and down toward Ivanpah Dry LakeTortoises shouldn't be touched, but they also shouldn't be left in a rocky road where a passing car might inadvertently crush itThumbnailsA bit further up Brant Road, I stop to look across the tortoise's habitat, and down toward Ivanpah Dry LakeTortoises shouldn't be touched, but they also shouldn't be left in a rocky road where a passing car might inadvertently crush itThumbnailsA bit further up Brant Road, I stop to look across the tortoise's habitat, and down toward Ivanpah Dry LakeTortoises shouldn't be touched, but they also shouldn't be left in a rocky road where a passing car might inadvertently crush itThumbnailsA bit further up Brant Road, I stop to look across the tortoise's habitat, and down toward Ivanpah Dry Lake

I keep wondering if maybe I should relocate him far from the road, instead of to a nearby non-road location, but it doesn't seem like a good idea to carry the tortoise a long distance.