“Darlin’, you just made my day.” The cowboy tipped his hat and turned his horses to the setting sun. Gold glints silhouetted them briefly and made my eyes tear. “And you, sir, have made mine.” A bad spaghetti western? A Louis L’Amour novel? No, just a chance meeting near Baldwin Lake in the San Bernardino […]
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Thanksgiving Holiday Destinations For Desert Travelers By L. Bremner November marks the national holiday of Thanksgiving. It is a time when we get together with friends and family to be thankful for what we have. It is also a great holiday for outdoor activities in the desert region. The weather is cooler and with the
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The Misadventures of Mitch Kumstein The Dog Who Blogs What Happens in Vegas….Goes To Pahrump? This next story is a little off the beaten path for me. Ya see, my road trippin’ blogs normally center around Nevada’s history in the Wild West, ya know, cowboys, Indians, prospectors, mules, that kinda stuff. But some of this
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Holiday Recipes For Indoor and Outdoor Cooking by DesertRoadTrippin.com I thought it would it would be fun to feature some of our favorite holiday recipes for the month of November. Some recipes are for camping/outdoor cooking and other recipes are designed to be made in the kitchen.
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Are cemeteries haunted by the dead or the living? Do marble angels watch over the souls who search among silvery tombstones for names, dates and stone flowers? Call them grave hunters, genealogists or historians, gravers, tombstone tenders, stone strollers or death hags. Just don’t call them morbid. Or ghouls. Or heaven forbid, necrophiliacs. Technically they
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The Misadventures of Mitch Kumstein Series (The dog that blogs) Wovoka and the The Ghost Dance One August, I decided to take a little time off and road trip from Las Vegas ta the Black Rock desert of Northern Nevada, where every year on Labor Day weekend, they used to fire up the Burnin’ Man
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November Things To Do Palm Springs, Palm Desert and La Quinta, CA If you live in Coachella Valley or if you are planning a trip here in November, please check out some of the fun art walks, art shows, museums, farmer’s markets and fairs. Art Under the Umbrellas – Old Town La Quinta – Saturday
As we get close to the Holiday season, you may be tempted to photograph your pet for your annual greeting cards. Photographing one’s pet can be a challenging and sometimes exasperating event. But by following a few steps you can avoid most of the exasperation and just have fun. Your pet will pick up on
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Now Where’d That Mule Go? The Misadventures of Mitch Kumstein (the dog who blogs) Did ya ever wonder how much that 1968 Camaro ya drove around and abused as a kid is worth today? Or why ya attached a rookie Henry Aaron card to yur rear spokes just ta hear that cool noise? Don’t we
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Weekend Getaways and Day Trips By DesertRoadTrippin.com Fall is a season when the leaves change color and the temperatures cool down. It is also a time when we celebrate the fall harvest. Images of apples, pumpkins and autumn leaves float to the surface of our thoughts when we think of the fall harvest. We
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