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According to Dr. Seuss: “From there to here, and here to there, funny things are everywhere”. Today the Mojo on the Mojave may not be funny and it may be confusing, let’s see if you find it at all amusing. Many people know that the Mojave Desert mostly lies within the High Desert of the Southwest United [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
The Mojave Desert has been associated with fast flying projectiles for a long time, they seem to go together well, like a hamburger and fries. One of the best known examples of this partnership is at Edwards Air Force Base, it is well known as a hotbed of rocket, jet and test pilot history. As many people [...]
Imagine the Mojave Desert nearly 12,000 years ago. It was a wetter place but the Ice Age was just coming to an end and many animals were becoming extinct. Mammoths, mastadons, saber tooth cats, giant ground sloths and other animals would soon be wiped off of the face of the earth. At this time one small [...]
The Mojave Desert is the home to many talented folks, some of who are photographers. Luckily for me one of them lives just up the road from my house. Her name is Julianne Koza and her photography can be breathtaking as you will see in this blog. Being a great photographer not only takes talent it [...]
The residents of the Morongo Basin have set a lofty goal once again. They plan on raising $160,000 in it’s annual Relay For Life Fundraiser. The Relay for Life is a community gathering where everyone can participate in the fight against cancer, teams camp out and take turns walking the track. Each team is asked [...]
The day that our paths crossed I was quite surprised, immediately Paleface stood out among the crowd, I tried to befriend him but he kept a safe distance from me. He would come around the barn to scavenge the left over food from our burros and goats. Was he here as an omen? If he was then [...]
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