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How many times have you explored a desolate desert 4WD trail wondering what would happen if your car or truck broke down and you became stranded miles away from the nearest telephone or ranger station? Avid desert explorers know that the cell phone reception is not always good in remote areas of the desert. [...]
Updated on Sept. 4th, 2011 A few weeks ago I decided to take a day trip to visit a short stretch of Historic Route 66. Just north of Twentynine Palms and Joshua Tree National Park lies a part of the National Trails Highway (formerly known as Route 66) that leads to the towns of Ludlow, [...]
Never underestimate the desert heat, alway carry lots of water and stay with your car. Their car got stuck about 5 miles in on Black Mountain Road, and they tried to walk out. It’s an uphill walk and it was 106 degrees at the time. They had a limited supply of water. We have a video [...]
Landscape Of Sedona AZ by Carrie Miner Solitudinem faciunt pacem appellant. They make a wilderness and call it peace. Tacitus, Roman historian and orator of the 1st and 2nd centuries On a map of the red-rock country surrounding Sedona and Oak Creek Canyon in north central Arizona, Schnebly Hill Road looks much like any other [...]
Rainbow Basin Northwest of Barstow, California Text and Photos by Len Wilcox Northwest of Barstow, California, lies one of the most beautiful and mysterious locations in the Mojave Desert: Rainbow Basin. It’s a mishmash of shapes, colors and fantastic formations, a place where water and wind have worked magic, sculpting layers of sandstone and sediment [...]
El Camino Del Diablo (The Devil’s Highway road trip) Photos and Text by Gordon Burhop El Camino del Diablo – the Highway of the Devil – once a 250-mile link between the northwestern frontier of Mexico and the colonies of California, began at Caborca, in Mexico’s state of Sonora. It extended north northwest across the [...]
Annie’s rebellious nature included an early marriage at 15, and then leavin’ her husband in Boston to run bootleg whiskey from Canada to Chicago. She worked her way West as a ranch cook in Texas, New Mexico, and Colorado before contractin’ tuberculosis. The sickness forced her to the hot, dry climate of the Shoshone Hot Springs area where Annie took up minin’, and discovered a lifestyle that was with her the rest of her life.
Wildflower Touring Text By Gregory McNamee (repurposed from DesertUSA.com – original March ’99) If you are sensitive to the rhythms of the desert, you’ll know that the period from March to mid-April is a time when a special kind of natural magic can occur. All through February, if the gentle winter rains have arrived on [...]
Motor Home Exploration in the Mojave By Andrew Stratton The Mojave Desert is one of the greatest places in America to see spectacular scenery. It’s in a unique spot; it comprises the barrier between the low, hot Sonora Desert and the cool, high Great Basin of Nevada and Utah. It covers 25,000 square miles, and [...]
4WD Road Trips by DesertUSA DesertUSA took some fun road trips in 2009. In case you missed any of our trips, we are listing our favorite 4WD routes in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park and Joshua Tree National Park. Anza-Borrego Trips Summary: The caves are located in the southwestern portion of the park off of the [...]
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