Lake Powell – Glen Canyon National Recreation AreaBy Lynn Bremner The first leg of our summer hiking trip began at Lake Powell Resort & Marina. It’s located right on Lake Powell and was the perfect choice for our first adventure, a boat tour and hike to Rainbow Bridge National Monument. Rainbow Bridge National Monument is […]
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The Giant Rock in Landers, CA is notable mainly due to George Van Tassel and the UFO Conventions he held there. Van Tassel was first introduced to Landers and its huge boulder by Frank Critzer, a German immigrant who had come to the desert to try his hand at prospecting in the early 1930s. Critzer lived in a subterranean space he dug out underneath
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Desert X 2021 will consider the desert as both a place and idea. Projects will explore issues essential to our collective future and the histories, realities, and possibilities of the Coachella Valley and its many communities through themes of land rights and ownership, the desert as border, migration, water exploitation, social justice, racial narratives of
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Hello Everyone 🙂 Yucca Valley TV is new, fresh and innovative, if you want to tuned in to the Mojave Desert including Yucca Valley, Joshua Tree and 29 Palms please tune in and see what is going on in the Mojave with Yucca Valley TV. The next guest will be Ben Costello the author of
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NOTICE: June25, 2020 Big Morongo Canyon Preserve is now open daily from 7:30 a.m. to dusk. The following changes are now in effect due to the COVID-19 restrictions: The Marsh, Mesquite and Desert Willow trails are now designated “One Way” to allow for mandated safe distancing. Masks are required in public when you are within
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Old Dale Rd. 4WD Road Location: Joshua Tree National Park Requirements: 4WD Required, also excellent Mountain Bike Trail Time by Car: 2 to 3 hours Distance: 23 Miles (one way) Not recommended for summer trips. Check with Joshua Tree National Park to confirm road is open and that there aren’t any restrictions. Per the National Park
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Desert Hikingby L. BremnerPalm Springs, CA One of my favorite hikes in the Coachella Valley is a moderate loop leading into Tahquitz Canyon. The 2-mile, round-trip hike follows a creek into the canyon which leads to a 60-foot waterfall. Along the trail you’ll encounter native plants and wildlife. Numerous canyon views and the creek flowing
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Yucca Valley will be hosting a FREE film festival, The 1st Annual Yucca Valley Film Festival. This will be your chance to walk the red carpet. Of course as lovers of the Mojave Desert we often see a carpet of flowers blooming in the spring, all for free. Now in the fall we also have
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Refreshing palm oases, intriguing wildlife and miles of hiking trails draw visitors annually to the Thousand Palms Oasis Preserve. Located in Thousand Palms, California, it’s home to more than 183 species of birds and other wildlife, including the rare Coachella Valley fringe-toed lizard, which relies on the Preserve’s sand dune system habitat for survival. The
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The Mojave Desert is at a higher elevation than much of the surrounding desert, thus we get our blooms later due to cooler weather. There are no orange poppies yet but we have these beautiful flowers everywhere. Joshua trees are starting to bloom at just over 2,000 feet elevation above sea level. Enjoy purple white
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