by | | Desert Road Trippin, Joshua Tree, Joshua Tree NP, Sight Seeing
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...
by | | Insider's Guide To Palm Springs, Joshua Tree, Yucca Valley, CA
The Giant Rock in Landers, CA received its distinction 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...
by | | Joshua Tree, Yucca Valley, CA
A trip to Joshua Tree isn’t complete without a side trip to Pioneertown, CA. Built in the 1940’s, Pioneertown was created and used as a western motion picture set. The buildings were also designed to serve as housing for the actors and crew while they...