Discover Southern Nevada

A blog about outdoor recreation and nature by Margie Klein.

Rock Piles

Some folks say the Mojave Desert is just a bunch of rocks – a “gravel pit.”  While other deserts around the world seem to be made of pure sand, those in the American Southwest are a bit rockier.  Sand dunes exist, only in sparse locales.  The huge monolithic structures that stand out so strikingly from

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Signs of Spring

Mojave Max, the desert tortoise, emerged from his burrow on March 29, so it must be spring.  Granted that the spring arrival is a little late this year due to lingering cool temperatures, still it is welcomed with no less enthusiasm.  Max’s girlfriends emerged a few weeks earlier, but Max has the official word.  Mojave

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