Life in the Mojave Desert.
Why do we live in this confounded hot desert? First of all this desert, the Mojave Desert, especially in its higher elevations is not so hot compared to many other deserts. I sometimes laugh to myself when those of the Los Angeles Inland Empire area or the California Central Valley think that us folks in the […]
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Old Woman Springs Ranch Most people that drive up Highway 247, also known as Old Woman Springs Road, between Yucca Valley and Apple Valley have said “I Have Always Driven By And Wondered What Is Up There” as they look to the southwest and see what looks like a few trees in the distance and a
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Yucca Valley is strategically placed at the crossroads of the Hi-Desert, at the intersection of two state highways that lie at the center of this Mojave Desert Town. On Saturday, October 13 Yucca Valley saw its first new park open in 39 years, the new park is a yet to be named dog park. As I
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The deserts of the American Southwest have long been associated with paranormal activity. Doesn’t the thought of little grey aliens, UFOs and conspiracies make you feel warm and fuzzy all over? Area 51 in Nevada may be the bull’s eye of all of this hoopla, but the 29 Palms Marine Air Ground Task Force Training
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20 Years Later Only The Mojave Knows As the Beatles once said “It was twenty years ago today, Sgt. Pepper taught the band to play”, but in the Mojave Desert it was twenty years ago today Mother Nature had her way. June 28th 2012 will be the 20th anniversary of the Landers earthquake. The official version of
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Mojave Maxine (source: BLM) Forget about Punxsutawney Phil, when Mojave Maxine comes out of her burrow Spring will soon arrive. She is currently in her burrow at the Living Desert in Palm Desert, California. She started her brumination which is similar to hibernation in the fall of 2011. Maxine has been hosting the annual Mojave Maxine Emergence Contest since
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Well…. it has been two years since I started writing the “Mojo on the Mojave” for this DesertUSA blog. I would like to thank DesertUSA for giving me this opportunity and I look forward to many more years of blogging about the Mojave Desert. I see the Mojave Desert as a beautiful place that is awe inspiring. Even
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Beginning on September 10, 1955, and continuing for more than 600 episodes over the next twenty years, the television show Gunsmoke ruled the airwaves. Jump ahead 56 years, local author Ben Costello will be joined with author/film historian Julie Ann Ream for “GUNSMOKE NIGHT”. This event will be a tribute to the legendary western TV show. It will be
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The Mojave Desert has been associated with fast flying projectiles for a long time, they seem to go together well, like a hamburger and fries. One of the best known examples of this partnership is at Edwards Air Force Base, it is well known as a hotbed of rocket, jet and test pilot history. As many people
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Imagine the Mojave Desert nearly 12,000 years ago. It was a wetter place but the Ice Age was just coming to an end and many animals were becoming extinct. Mammoths, mastadons, saber tooth cats, giant ground sloths and other animals would soon be wiped off of the face of the earth. At this time one small
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