At week’s end: Ah, yes, the golf ball memorial tradition

Is that “golf ball” or “goofball”?
A California man quickly admitted to authorities that he was the one who had thrown as many as 3,000 golf balls into Joshua Tree National Park. But he didn’t see a thing wrong with that.
In fact, he apparently thought he was doing a high-minded thing. He was paying tribute to dead golfers.
Then how to explain the cans of food he also left in the desert?
No, that wasn’t for dead people, he said — that was to assist live hikers.
Then what about the park paperwork that he strew all over the landscape?
Well, he just wanted to leave his mark.
Since 2007, rangers had been perplexed by the random appearance of golf balls, tennis balls, food packages and littered backcountry permits and other literature in areas of the park.
They now think they have their man — if not a reasonable explanation.
The man faces charges for littering, abandoning property and feeding wildlife (guess the animals instead of the hikers got to the food).
Park rangers said the golf balls wouldn’t necessarily hurt the animals — unless they ate them, too.