The Mojave Desert holds many secrets and today I was going to find one. I was in search of the elusive King Clone, thought to be the oldest Creosote bush ring in the Mojave and one of the oldest living organisms on earth. Now, when I see creosote bushes in the desert, I’m generally not impressed. These scrawny “champions of survival” are all over the place, due to their extreme tolerance for arid conditions and aggressive nature in competing for water with other plants. I usually just consider them obstacles in my path while hiking and often laugh at them.