The Misadventures of Mitch Kumstein Now Ya See It, Now Ya Don’t By Guest Blogger Mitch Kumstein (photos courtesy of the Mitch Kumstein 2009 Desert Collection) I’m still out here muckin’ around in the Southern Nevada desert, and think I just discovered a ghost town with the world’s shortest life. I’ve heard of boom and […]
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It was the little engine that could — and did — for 66 years. And 38 years after it was rebuilt in Santa Fe Railway’s Cleburne, Texas, shop, BNSF 1460 officially retired in December 2008. Rail fans affectionately call the little locomotive the “Beep,” and it has found a new home at the Western America
The Misadventures of Mitch Kumstein Valley of Fire State Park Guest Blogger Mitch Kumstein (a dog who blogs) Got called back to Coyote Springs for sum warranty work on the Road Warrior (amazin’ how much damage you can do by overloadin’ a golf cart & drivin’ it 500 miles to a Burnin’ Man Festival)… so
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Seasonal Rentals In The California Desert By Guest Blogger – GolfGURL for Desert Road Trippin’ It is that time of year when the temperatures cool down in the desert and everywhere else in the U.S. Some places are too cold. Colorado already has snow! I haven’t asked my Canadian friends if they’ve seen snow yet,
Where will the snowbirds rent this winter? Read More »
There is something about a cowboy; I am sure you would all agree. It’s the look in their eyes, the tilt of their hats, the boots and spurs, and oh, a cowboy on horseback — well, that is a sight that inspires, to say nothing of giving a girl heart palpitations. What is best are
My heroes have always been cowboys Read More »
Welcome to my first Blog on DesertUSA. I have been a writing and photography contributor for a long while, but this is the first real column I have written for DesertUSA. I am a person with itchy feet, a need to go and see what is on the other side of the mountain. Every dirt
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Road Trip #19: Galleta Meadows Estates in Borrego Springs by L. Bremner Imagine driving down Borrego Springs Rd. and something catches your attention. A dark form in the desert landscape. You look again and it is big, but it doesn’t seem to be moving. Then you look again and you realize it is a huge
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Vegas On A Budget Great weekend getaway By L. Bremner @ DesertRoadTrippin This summer has be a slow year for many resort destinations. Las Vegas has felt it share of slow sales with the economy still in recovery. The Excalibur Hotel and Casino had a great idea . . . offer $35 per night for
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The La Quinta cove trails, July 2008, we saw a bighorn looking down and watching us hike past.
Bighorn Sheep Video! Read More »
So many times people say “I don’t know what to shoot.” You never know what will catch your eye so you just have to get out there and be open to possibilities. Galen Rowell said once “I almost never set out to photograph a landscape, nor do I think of my camera as a means
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