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Tips on how to keep your cooler cold, your ice from melting too fast and your food fresh when traveling in the desert. by Lynn Bremner of DesertUSA.com One of the challenges of camping in the desert is keeping your ice cold and thus keeping your food and beverages cold and edible. How can you [...]
4WD Trip To The Storm Jade Mine The third time is the charm! By L. Bremner of DesertUSA.com This trip has been a year in the making. Last fall my dad (Jim) and I tried to get to the Barry Storm Jade Mine twice, but the Black Eagle Road was washed out about 5 or [...]
Golf Courses and Destinations In The American Southwest Things To Do Series: Golfing The Desert Regions By L. Bremner DesertRoadTrippin One very common “thing to do” in most desert regions is to play golf. It is always fun to play on a new golf course and when on vacation you have plenty of time to [...]
DesertUSA Is A Great Resource For School Projects Learn about desert plants, animals and geology. By L. Bremner of DesertRoadTrippin When we first started DesertUSA.com, it was designed be a multimedia resource for information about plants, animals and geology of the North American Deserts. We have since expanded DesertUSA into a website that includes information [...]
Desert Tips Series How To Survive In The Desert by L. Bremner of DesertRoadTRIPPIN After years of desert travel I’ve picked up some great tips along the way. My Dad always had big 5 gallon tanks of water and extra gas when we went on long trips. He had spare batteries, fan belts, tools to [...]
Just this past weekend I was having dinner with some friends from the Coachella Valley area. They had just bought a water ski boat and they had been researching all of the nearby areas where they could water ski. This conversation caught my boyfriends attention as he is interested in buying a little cabin or [...]
Rock Collecting, Gold Prospecting and Fossil Hunting Things To Do In The Desert By L. Bremner of Desert Road Trippin’ One of my oldest desert memories is of my dad taking our family rock hounding. We would hunt for geodes, fossils, agate, rose quartz crystal, tourmaline, fire opal, jade and of course gold. In the [...]
Summer Activities For Families Viewing Desert Insects and Animals At Night By L. Bremner of DesertRoadTrippin If you are looking for something fun to do with your kids, check out these two articles on desert wildlife viewing at night. One article is about Bug Lighting. This can be done at home or out in the [...]
Summer Activity In New Mexico Mexican free-tail bat migration by L. Bremner – DesertRoadTRIPPIN.com If you have time for a summer road trip to the southern portion of New Mexico, stop by Carlsbad Cavern National Park. Every spring 400,000 Brazilian (aka Mexican) free-tail bats migrate to the Carlsbad Caverns in New Mexico. They hide in [...]
This photo was taken last year. My mom was cooking in the kitchen and nearly jumped out of her shoes when she saw this critter looking in at her from outside the kitchen window. It was a baby Screech owl. My dad was able to get a few shots of the little owl before he [...]
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