Wild Horse Round Up In Nevada By Mitch Kumstein – The Dog That Blogs “It’s the end of another year, and I figured before I barreled into 2010, I would look back on some of the events that made 2009 the most memorable time of my life! It started off really rough. I was dumped […]
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An actor portrays Wyatt Earp at a living history exhibition in Barstow. When the Earp boys, Wyatt, Virgil, and Morgan, cloaked in long black coats and accompanied by gambler “Doc” Holiday, made the famous walk to meet Ike Clanton and his gang in Tombstone, Ariz., Wyatt walked into an exalted place in the history of
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When you photograph your family, you are creating so much more than simple snapshots. You are creating a window in time for those who come after. You are creating a visual history of your family. Your images tell a story. By now, I’m certain that you have collected many images from your digital and film
WildLights Holiday Festival! Sponsored by The H.N. and Frances C. Berger Foundation and the City of Indian Wells, The Living Desert has opened the yuletide season with a festive light display, featuring more than 750,000 twinkling lights that illuninate the park after dark, turning the desert into a holiday winter wonderland.
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A Hike Along The Bear Creek Oasis Trail By David Wood Just before Thanksgiving we hiked the Bear Creek Oasis Trail. This is located behind the La Quinta Cove. Depending on what source you look at, its about 8-9 miles round trip. The hike out to the oasis involves winding our way up and along
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The Art Smith Hiking Trail By David Wood I recently took some friends to see some fun scenery around the Art Smith Trail and Dead Indian Canyon. We saw some desert hares running around, and a swarm of bees. I have seen many bighorn in this area. The trailhead is on Hwy 74 (Monterrey ave)
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It started as a simple search. What makes an excellent root beer and how does one become a connoisseur of root beer? Really, all I wanted to find out was who makes the best root beer. I remember my dad making root beer in the basement of our house in Peru, New York. Or maybe
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The Misadventures of Mitch Kumstein The dog who blogs “The Great Solar Rip-off” “Most people that know me know I spend a lot of my time hikin’ around Southern Nevada, ‘cuz it takes alota hikin’ to come up with all these misadventures. I’ve lived in Nevada almost my whole life, and it seems like we’re
I wonder how they found the perfect Joshua tree — the rock band U2. Did they just drive around near Lee Flats outside Death Valley until they picked just the right plant? Or did they have advance scouts? Joshua Tree was U2’s first No. 1 album and the 1987 Grammy Award-winner for “Album of the
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