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It was the day after Thanksgiving (2010). My wife and I were driving back from Mt. Baldy in the Angeles National Forest. We thought there would be more snow up there then there was and so as quickly as we had gotten up there, we were on our way down. As a side-note, the road [...]
For those desert treckers that are familiar with Roy’s in Amboy, CA, it appears in a very recently released movie called Beneath the Dark. I saw the movie “On Demand” on the “IFC Channel.” Roy’s also appeared in The original Hitcher (1986) and Kalifornia (1993).
“Taylor Lake” – First in a series of articles about Picacho State Recreation Area in southeastern, California. Taylor Lake has a boat launch but few boats. This Taylor Lake is not even listed among common places named Taylor Lake. This Taylor Lake is close to the California/Arizona border about 25 miles north of Yuma, AZ [...]
One summer day, she went away. Gone and left me, she’s gone to stay. She’s gone, but I don’t worry, Cause I’m sittin’ on top of the world. Sitting on Top of The World (Traditional/Cream Version) ******************************* I was chewing on some brittlebush and watching over the box canyon. The bushy flats on both sides [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
A few weeks ago we spent a very nice Saturday night in a cabin in the Laguna Mountains of eastern San Diego county after spending the day searching for bighorn sheep in the southern portions of Anza-Borrego Desert State Park (no luck!). The Laguna Mountains are in eastern San Diego county and generally run north-south. [...]
I challenge all other trekkers out there to guess where this picture was taken! I will give you that it was taken in California.
I decided to go against my gut yesterday and I was glad. When I went to bed Saturday night, I had planned to go to one of two places on Sunday to do some photography. I was planning on going to either Cajon Pass/Mormon Rocks or Joshua Tree National Park. I woke up Sunday, peaked [...]
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