The 7-10 Split?

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I’m no bowler, but I do know that a 7-10 split usually sucks. I’ve recently noticed this split. Pin #7, @Trona National Monument, CA Photo taken 8/31/2008 Conditions: 115F with 100% chance of sandstorm… *** Pin #10, @ Christmas Tree Pass Road, NV (near Laughlin, Nevada) Photo taken 9/2/2011 Conditions: 95F with 100% chance of [...]

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A Burro’s Tale

An Oatman Burro

Everybody loves the wild burros in and around Oatman, AZ.  Those burros have practically free reign of the town, are given controlled and regulated diets, and can always find shade from the summer sun.  They are also lavished with affection from tourist kids.  People drive to little, out-of-the-way, Oatman just to see the town’s burros. [...]

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Life in California…

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…ain’t as completely miserable as some say. Horseback Riding on the beach above Fort Bragg, CA May 2006 Time really flies…

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Holiday Offers For the Landscape Lovers

The Holiday season is coming.  Let me tell you what artistic products we are offering this year at www.dalmdad.com: A.  Holiday Cards Five new winter-themed cards based on snow-covered mountain or desert locales. B. Our Kids Book Again, we offer our A Kid’s Guide to Some California Critters.  The Second Edition received good reviews from [...]

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A Picture and No Story

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Anza-Borrego Desert State Park has so much to offer as long as you look.  I wanted to post this picture to share it with the other Anza-Borrego explorers on the site.  However,  because desertusa.com is not just some photo posting site (not that there is anything wrong with having a flickr photostream), I felt an obligation to have [...]

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Desert Challenge

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I challenge all other trekkers out there to guess where this picture was taken!  I will give you that it was taken in California.

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Fans Flock to the Desert for Music Festivals

Another day at Stagecoach.

Road Trippin’ To Indio, CA For Coachella Fest and Stagecoach Festival April 16th – 25th, 2010 By L. Bremner of DesertUSA.com For the past 11 years the Empire Polo Club in Indio, CA has been the venue for two major music festivals: the Coachella Fest and the Stagecoach Festival, both organized by Goldenvoice. Traditionally both [...]

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Loop-dee-loop

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Death Valley Junction and the Amargosa Opera House – Boredom can be a wonderful thing. It can get you out of the house; it can give you reasons to meet people you might not talk to otherwise. Boredom can lead to adventures of all shapes and sizes.

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Time Traveler

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Take a trip down Route 66 for good eats and good times You can sit at a counter, a table or in a red vinyl booth. Most likely the waitress will call you “Hon” as she hands you the menu — unless you are at the Village Cafe in Barstow. Owner Henry Wong does not [...]

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The Mojo on the Mojave

The Yucca Bowl

To begin with let’s describe what this new blog is, what The Mojo on the Mojave means and who I am?  According to the definition in several on-line dictionaries, the condensed version says that Mojo is a magic charm or spell.  Of course the Mojave is a desert that encompasses parts of California, Arizona, Nevada and [...]

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