Zyzzyx Spring, Mojave National Preserve, CA. It’s fall here in Los Angeles, and that means one thing. We can once again head to the desert without imminent risk of death. Sure, people go to the Southern California desert in summer. We flock to Burning Man and Coachella by the hundreds of thousands. But for both of…
Blair Valley, Anza Borrego Desert State Park. For anyone who thinks of the desert as a monotonous and endless stretch of sand and ugly rocks: this is for you. The Anza Borrego Desert State Park is three hours southeast of Los Angeles, in the backcountry of the San Diego backcountry. It’s the perfect Southern California weekend…
The Racetrack, Death Valley National Park, CA. Think Stonehenge, Easter Island, the Bermuda Triangle. Think all these things until your mind melts away in a vale of stinging silence and rock falls, a relentless sun powering alien ships, almost but not quite invisible to the naked eye and maybe mistaken for planes if those existed…
Salton Sea, CA. The Salton Sea was two sides of a rusted coin: a place for people who were there for a dream, and a place for people whose dreams had died. I’m with my friend, and he’s never been here before. We’re taking a field trip to the land of wreck and ruin. We…
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