Mojave Desert and Misc. California
The Mojave Desert includes a lot of low-elevation areas that are too hot for outdoor recreation in the summertime. I’ve fit in some time at Joshua Tree National Park, but otherwise have mostly stuck with cooler regions in the high desert. Now that I am retired, I can stay out west into the fall, and thus these areas are now accessible. This gallery will grow with time, and I’ll add notes about particular locations.
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Lost Palms Oasis, Joshua Tree National Park, CA, 2009
Lost Palms Oasis, Joshua Tree National Park, CA, 2017
Lost Palms Oasis, Joshua Tree National Park, CA, 2017
Yucca in Bloom, Lost Palms Oasis Trail, Joshua Tree National Park, CA, 2009
Jumping Cholla, Cholla Garden, Joshua Tree National Park, CA, 2017
Joshua Tree National Park, CA, 2007
Jumbo Rocks, Joshua Tree National Park, CA, 2007
Kelso Union Pacific Depot, Kelso, CA, 2017. Structure is now the headquarters and Visitor's Center for the Mojave National Preserve
Soda Fountain Repurposed as Information Center and Souvenir Shop, Kelso Union Pacific Depot, Kelso, CA, 2017. Structure is now the headquarters and Visitor's Center for the Mojave National Preserve
Olives for Sale, Lucern Valley, CA, 2007
Tehachapi Loop, Tehachapi Mountains, CA, 2017
Tehachapi Loop, Tehachapi Mountains, CA, 2011
World's Tallest Thermometer, Baker, CA, 2007
Classy Sign at the Rite Value Market (now replaced by a Dollar General), Trona, CA, 2013
Trona Railway, Hauling a Load from Searles Valley Minerals, Trona, CA, 2013.
Wind Turbines, San Gorgonio Pass, CA, 2010
Oinkster, Eagle Rock, CA, 2018
Wildflower Bloom along Mount Wilson Fire Road in the Station Fire Burn Zone, San Gabriel Mountains, CA, 2010
Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles, CA, 2006, designed by Frank Gehry.
Buttonwillow Land and Cattle, Buttonwillow, CA, 2010. One of the coolest town names I have encountered.
Headlands, Fiscalini Ranch, Cambria, CA, 2018
Shorebirds Preening, Fiscalini Ranch, Cambria, CA, 2018
Trees Recovering in Wildfire Burn Zone, Naciemento-Ferguson Road, Santa Lucia Range, CA, 2012
Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox, Trees of Mystery, Klamath, CA, 2002
Indian Paintbrush, Russian Gulch State Park, Looking South Towards Mendocino, CA, 2014
Interior, Wall Street Mill, Joshua Tree National Park, CA, Vince Pitelka, 2020
Wall Street Mill, Joshua Tree National Park, CA, Vince Pitelka, 2020
Lovely Derelict near Wall Street Mill, Joshua Tree National Park, CA, Vince Pitelka, 2020