Life in the Mojave Desert.
According to Dr. Seuss, “From there to here, and here to there, funny things are everywhere.” Today the Mojo on the Mojave may not be funny and he may be confusing, let’s see if you find him at all amusing.
Zip Code 92268 – Pioneertown California sits at just over 4,000 feet in elevation on the edge of the Mojave Desert, at the base of the San Bernardino Mountains where Joshua trees meet pinyon pine, manzanita and juniper. Black bear, deer, bighorn sheep, coyote, fox and desert tortoises all intermingle in this area. I’ve seen …
The Only Official Gram Parsons, Phil Kaufman aka “Road Mangler” Tour Comes to Joshua Tree This is the blog that keeps on giving, it was intended as a one time story. Just like life, a blog can have many twists and turns. This blog series is one of my most read that I have had …
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 …
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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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 …
With the passing of Glenn Frey many people might not know that he has a Mojave Desert connection with Joshua Tree and the nearby Palm Springs area. Here are some pictures from The Eagles’ 1st photo shoot for their 1st album “The Eagles” in Joshua Tree National Park in March of 1972, taken by famed …
The Little Park That Saved The World From Atomic War? Desert Christ Park The Author of The Mojo on the Mojave “Jeff Drozd” was appointed the Mayor of Yucca Valley last December. As a part of being Mayor we have events coming up to meet the public. Our first event relates to this blog about …
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UPDATE Out of the blue a friend of mine told me that he had a old police photograph of the Gram Parsons crime scene in the Joshua Tree National Park from the day of the incident. He soon emailed me a scanned copy of the 1973 photo which seems to be authentic and I have …
