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by jim_dusa
Wed Dec 15, 2021 9:49 am
Forum: General Desert Information
Topic: Happy Holidays
Replies: 0
Views: 10658

Happy Holidays

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

DesertUSA Staff
by jim_dusa
Wed Dec 23, 2020 2:20 pm
Forum: General Desert Information
Topic: Merry Christmas and Happy New Year
Replies: 0
Views: 17118

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

Looking forward to getting back to normal in 2021

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

DesertUSA Staff
by jim_dusa
Thu May 21, 2020 11:50 am
Forum: General Desert Information
Topic: Joshua Tree is now open
Replies: 0
Views: 19721

Joshua Tree is now open

Open
Park entrances.
Roads and parking lots
Trails
Family campsites, aka individual sites. Campers should pay for their campsite as normal, following instructions at each campground.
Most bathroom facilities
by jim_dusa
Sun Jan 31, 2010 7:25 pm
Forum: Search & Rescue Discussions
Topic: Dwight Riggs - 2009
Replies: 0
Views: 7605

Dwight Riggs - 2009

From: "Old Pueblo Archaeology Center" Date: January 30, 2010 10:44:45 PM PST To: info@oldpueblo.org Subject: Remembering Dwight Riggs A year ago the Archaeology Center announced that Old Pueblo Archaeology Center member Dwight Riggs had recently disappeared. It was known that Dwight liked...
by jim_dusa
Mon Aug 10, 2009 8:29 am
Forum: Desert Activities & Travel
Topic: Beware: Your GPS Could Kill You
Replies: 29
Views: 51688

Beware: Your GPS Could Kill You

Beware: Your GPS Could Kill You In this modern age, we rely on computers more and more. Google maps and other online maps give us directions. GPS systems guide us turn by turn to our destination. How can the maps that look so good, lead us to make foolish mistakes? Almost every week someone pulls in...
by jim_dusa
Sat Aug 08, 2009 7:16 pm
Forum: Lost Mines and Buried Treasure
Topic: Pegleg's Lost Mine
Replies: 61
Views: 345980

Re: Pegleg's Lost Mine

Did Pegleg's Gold Belong to Peralta? Intesting article by Robert Buck in 1966 June issue. The author thinks the gold Pegleg found may have been scattered over these hills in the Colorado Desert by some other means! Is it possible that this is what became of the cargo of the ill-fated Peralta expedit...
by jim_dusa
Thu Jul 23, 2009 7:04 pm
Forum: Desert Plant and Animal
Topic: fighting tortoises?
Replies: 19
Views: 67999

fighting tortoises?

There shots were taken by Lara Hartley she wanted to share them with you. The comments below the pictures are Lara. ----- Posted by Jim http://www.desertusa.com/mb3-photos/001.jpg When we first came on this battling pair, it looked like the battle was all over. the tortoise on the left had flipped t...
by jim_dusa
Tue Jul 21, 2009 6:44 pm
Forum: Desert Activities & Travel
Topic: The cool stuff
Replies: 51
Views: 75896

Re: The cool stuff

Image

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Goffs, CA
by jim_dusa
Tue Jul 21, 2009 6:29 pm
Forum: General Desert Information
Topic: Do you know any Desert Rats?
Replies: 16
Views: 25356

Re: Do you know any Desert Rats?

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Leonard Knight - the man who built Salvation Mountain in Niland Ca (Slabs area)
http://www.desertusa.com/mag09/jul09/le ... night.html
by jim_dusa
Tue Jul 21, 2009 10:05 am
Forum: General Desert Information
Topic: Old Desert Magazines Nov. 1937
Replies: 11
Views: 21606

Re: Old Desert Magazines Nov. 1937

I had a Garrett, I don't know what they had. Not all metal detectors do well when looking for gold. The ones they sell today are much better then what we had back in 1996-99.