The 2017 Memorial Day weekend in Yucca Valley has a historical event 67 years old and counting, if you have the chance it is well worth the visit. According to The Desert Sun, Number 35, 30 March 1951: “Where the muleskinner once cursed his laboring string over the sandy ruts between Banning and the old […]
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Borrego Springs, CA is a small town located east of San Diego County and southeast of Palm Springs. It’s home to the Anza-Borrego Desert State Park and Ocotillo Wells National Recreation Area. The Salton Sea flanks the east side of the Park. The main attractions that come to mind when I suggest Borrego Springs as a outdoor
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The austere desert landscape of the wild west has long fascinated and inspired artists. Georgia O’Keeffe painted the American desert in images of abstract red mountains, desert wildflowers and iconic portraits of drought defined by bleached bones and skulls. Frederic Remington focused his work on the old American West with intricately detailed paintings of cowboys, Native American Indians and other characters that
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The Carrizo Badlands Mud Caves in Arroyo Tapiado Anza-Borrego Desert State Park Last April my dad and I went on a day trip to Anza-Borrego Desert State Park. We had heard about some mud caves, but they were not noted on the park map. After a little research on the Internet and reading a local
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I have to admit it, I love my Lensbaby. I know it is probably not logical to “love” an inanimate object, so I suppose I should qualify my original statement. I love what my Lensbaby can do and how it affects an image and yes, how it inspires me. After taking several shots of people,
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A Fresh Look at Frasher – Photography of the Mojave Desert and the Southwest – Before It Was Trendy Who loves old photographs? I do – I find them very satisfying in a cerebral kind of way. Many of the blogs I’ve written have included old photographs of the Mojave Desert. Some of these photos have
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Bombay Beach at the Salton Sea, Bashford’s Hot Mineral Spa, and the town of Niland, CA, home of Salvation Mountain and Slab City. It was the second time I had made the journey from Indio, CA to the small town of Niland, CA, located near the southern end of the Salton Sea. My friend Sue
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When I was a teenager working at the Yucca Valley Kentucky Fried Chicken, the owner, Mr. Shisler, once told me a story. He was driving down the Morongo Grade on Highway 62 between Yucca Valley and Desert Hot Springs when a bighorn sheep ran next to his car for a few seconds, then darted up the
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I remember the first time I saw it, back in the 1970’s I was driving north up California Highway 395 between the towns of Lone Pine and Independence. On the west side of the road were the relics of something that seemed important in the past. Driving past these ruins to go to some other
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Hikers, bikers and climbers in Greater Phoenix have come to the same conclusion as coyotes, roadrunners and jackrabbits: The Sonoran Desert is a great place to play. Three major mountains buttress Phoenix, providing visitors an outlet for every grade of high-desert pursuit. Hikers can traverse 51 miles of trail at South Mountain Park and Preserve,
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