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 […]
The residents of the Morongo Basin have set a lofty goal once again. They plan on raising $160,000 in its annual Relay For Life Fundraiser. The Relay for Life is a community gathering where everyone can participate in the fight against cancer, teams camp out and take turns walking the track. Each team is asked
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continued… I squeezed my way in between two barstools occupied by women because that usually prevented some freak from sideling up next to me and making some lame move. I ordered my usual Kettle One over ice. The bartender said they did not have Kettle One. “I guess I still live in the late 90’s,
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So this guy asked me whether I played golf. I had no idea why he asked me this. He probably learned at some expensive networking class to open-up a business-mixer conversation with a non-business related question. That was what they taught me at the class I had to go to. I said, “not regularly, ”
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Borrego Springs, CA: It has been reported that a little black truck has made it safely out of the very large Split Mountain Canyon. The truck was spotted as far south as Oyster Shell Wash before being seen turning around and returning to Split Mountain Road via Fish Creek Wash. The driver of the truck
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Feb. 18 2011 Open to the public – Gate entry $5. Before there were hippies, there were greasers and the girls who loved them. Rockabilly, one of the earliest styles of rock and roll music, emerged in the early 1950s and is undergoing a revival of sorts. Join 20,000 other fans for live entertainment, a
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The day that our paths crossed I was quite surprised, immediately Paleface stood out among the crowd, I tried to befriend him but he kept a safe distance from me. He would come around the barn to scavenge the left over food from our burros and goats. Was he here as an omen? If he was then
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Apparently, it was bicycle day in the Anza-Borrego Desert State Park. This was taken on the S-22 in the south, but cyclists could be seen as far north as San Filipe and through Yaqui and some of the other Passes, where traffic was quite slow.
Mojave Max, the Spokestortoise for the Clark County Desert Conservation Program since 1995 is currently in his burrow in Red Rock Canyon near Las Vegas, Nevada. He started his brumination, which is similar to hibernation, on November 12th, 2010. Max has been hosting the annual Mojave Max Emergence Contest since the year 2000. Students from many areas of
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All I want for Christmas is to get outside…
Giving your kids the gift of the great outdoors is one of the best intangible gifts around.
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