DesertUSA Travel Guide: National Parks, State Parks and outdoor attractions
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I went to Afton Canyon recently to shoot the Cliffside Mine and other parts of the canyon for the main part of this story. My friend and I had made the initial Mojave River crossing dozens of times. This time the water looked deeper than usual and I wanted to get out and check it [...]
Driving the freeway gives me a nice view of life in the fast lane, as I am always watching people in addition to watching the road. Around here it seems people are pretty good drivers, except for the occasional speeder who can’t read and thinks the speed limit signs say 90 mph instead of 70. [...]
Shades of green, turquoise and red — here and there a streak of pale lavender — Rainbow Basin is aptly named. The dichotomy of Rainbow Basin’s solemn solitude and bright colors draws me in again and again, and each time I discover something new to photograph or a new trail to explore. Even during the [...]
Have you ever seen something unexpected that just makes you smile, or “cry for happy?” Something that elevates your spirits when perhaps they were in the dumps? I call those things “gifts from the Universe.” When I was lunching in Boron a while back there was a birthday party going on at the Barrel — [...]
this is my car. this is my car sitting by the side of the road. this is my car sitting by the side of the road where she simply gave up —100 miles from home. i do not know what it is about that magic number, 100 miles from home, but whenever she has dumped [...]
Imagine yourself sipping a beverage on the vestibule of a vintage passenger rail car. Or sitting in a restored dome car watching the desert roll by as you climb the stark, Joshua Tree-studded Cajon Pass from Union Station in Los Angeles to Barstow, Calif. ARONCO Leasing Co. in conjunction with Western America Rail Museum, Barstow [...]
Fall is fast approaching and Barstow’s Western America Railroad Museum — WARM — is gearing up for their annual Railfest on Oct. 16th & 17th. This year there is a special addition to the museum’s collection of rail cars. A BIG addition. WARM recently acquired a vintage business car from the Arizona & California Railroad [...]
Seraphim with Mona Lisa smiles stand watch, their eyes downcast in sorrow or uplifted in hope. As I wander past these silent angels, I feel an overwhelming peace. Something draws me to them, and I search for the spirit that lives within each statue.
I am not much of a chef. Heck, I am not much of a cook and I sure as heck would not make it as a short-order cook at the famous Bagdad Cafe out on Route 66. “Tell me again, what is ‘Sh*t on a Shingle?’” What got me thinking about cooking today? Costco. Yes, [...]
It’s hot. It is too hot for me to go outside. I don’t even want to go to the mailbox. You can bet, if it is too hot for this girl to out exploring and photographing, then it is really bloody hot! At this moment I am working away in the UN-comfort of my easy [...]
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