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Palm Springs Hiking Destinations: Palm Canyon & The Trading Post Palm Canyon is the largest native California fan palm oasis in the world. Once the home of the Cahuilla Indians, the canyon is filled with native plants, wildlife and a year round water source. Rock mortars can be seen on some of the rocks near [...]
By Lynn Bremner Hike took place on Feb. 9th, 2012 Located at the southern park of Joshua Tree National Park, Mastodon Peak provides sweeping views of the surrounding desert. On a clear day you can see the glimmering Salton Sea from the top. The hike is 3 miles roundtrip and may take you anywhere from [...]
Anza-Borrego Desert State Park Report Wednesday, Feb. 1st, 2012 During a recent day-trip to Anza-Borrego Desert State Park I visited Coyote Canyon. The Canyon was very dry and brown. The ocotillos were brown without leaves. One or two had a couple red blooms on them, but for the most part they were barren. The [...]
Mojave Maxine (source: BLM) Forget about Punxsutawney Phil, when Mojave Maxine comes out of her burrow Spring will soon arrive. She is currently in her burrow at the Living Desert in Palm Desert, California. She started her brumination which is similar to hibernation in the fall of 2011. Maxine has been hosting the annual Mojave Maxine Emergence Contest since [...]
Tips on how to keep your cooler cold, your ice from melting too fast and your food fresh when traveling in the desert. by Lynn Bremner of DesertUSA.com One of the challenges of camping in the desert is keeping your ice cold and thus keeping your food and beverages cold and edible. How can you [...]
Well…. it has been two years since I started writing the “Mojo on the Mojave” for this DesertUSA blog. I would like to thank DesertUSA for giving me this opportunity and I look forward to many more years of blogging about the Mojave Desert. I see the Mojave Desert as a beautiful place that is awe inspiring. [...]
Beginning on September 10, 1955, and continuing for more than 600 episodes over the next twenty years, the television show Gunsmoke ruled the airwaves. Jump ahead 56 years, local author Ben Costello will be joined with author/film historian Julie Ann Ream for “GUNSMOKE NIGHT”. This event will be a tribute to the legendary western TV show. It will be [...]
Names have been changed to protect the innocent and anonymous. I have a one track mind. Lately, all I did was think about sleep and getting ready for sleep. I was moving slowly, feeling a chill, and noticing the sun setting a little earlier each day, telling me the clock-changing time was soon here. Oh, [...]
In autumn and winter, we seem to be racing through the holidays. Halloween, Thanksgiving, then Christmas and New Year’s. What are some of the animals that we connect to these events? Whether for their symbolism or their activity at certain times of the year, some animals just seem to conjure up images of these holidays. That [...]
Only a 20 minute drive from downtown Palm Springs is a place with much cooler temperatures, it is an oasis that is located at the southwestern edge of the Mojave Desert. This oasis is considered a secret hideaway by many people and animals, this oasis is called the Big Morongo Canyon Preserve. After you visit this Preserve [...]
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