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Monument Volunteers Help with Bat Research A yellow bat Usually in September, people start the school year by asking their friends about the places they visited and the things they did over the summer – with typical answers like “visited family out of state, or hung out by the pool.” But for a few volunteers [...]
Date: August 22, 2012 Death Valley, CA–On the evening of August 10th a weather event that included several dry lightning cells ignited several fires in the vicinity of Hunter Mountain in the Panamint Range of Death Valley National Park. These lightning strikes resulted in two wildland fires, the South Fire and the Pass Fire, [...]
Cottonwood Visitor’s Center Joshua Tree National Park California Desert Wildflowers April 9th, 2012 If you enter the Joshua Tree National Park from the south entrance off of the I-10 heading towards the Cottonwood Visitor’s Center, there is a nice stretch of desert on the right side of the road that usually has good wildflower displays. [...]
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 [...]
Day Trippin’ in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park Feb. 1st, 2012 One of my favorite points of interest in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park is Coyote Canyon. It has a year-round stream that meanders through the canyon and crosses a scenic desert road at several different points along the route. The road is shared with 4WD vehicles, [...]
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 [...]
Metal Sculptures Draw Visitors To Borrego Valley Ricardo Breceda, Artist by Diana Lindsay The word is out – there is now more than desert wildflowers and the spectacular Anza-Borrego Desert State Park that is attracting visitors to Borrego Valley in Southern California. They are coming from around the United States and internationally to see the [...]
Spend the Afternoon at Polo Empire Polo Club – Indio, CA If you’re looking for something a little different to do this weekend and you live in the Coachella Valley area, you may want to check out Sunday Polo at Empire Polo Club in Indio, CA. Opening Weekend is Jan. 4th – 6th, 2013. There [...]
Joshua Tree National Park reopened Pinto Basin Road for visitor use on Tuesday, November 1. Cottonwood Visitor Center is once again open to welcome visitors. Cottonwood Campground and Cottonwood Spring Oasis will remain closed as repairs to the campground and area trails have not yet been completed. Pinto Basin Road has been closed since September [...]
At the 46th Annual Borrego Days Desert Festival October 21st, 22nd & 23rd, 2011 Borrego Springs, San Diego, CA – This is not your mama’s parade, but she is sure going to love it too! This new and extreme parade will be taking place on Saturday, October 22, 2011 at the 46th Annual Borrego Days [...]
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