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Visiting our Southwestern Deserts – safely

Posted on October 2, 2012 by Bill Ford, Founder

Four Essential Life-Saving Tips for Safe Travels in Dangerous Desert Heat Plan and Pack Right to Avoid Tragedy in Triple-Digit Desert Temps Author: Hillary Fox - While cruising north on I-95 in Nevada en route to Death Valley National Park, we encountered a … Continue reading →

Posted in A guide to Joshua Tree Nat'l Park, Misc Topics, Our Deserts Wild Scenery, The Local Things, Tourism in our Morongo Basin region, Visitor/Tourist Resources | Tagged 92252, airports, American, arizona, bouldering, Canyon, danger, desert, heat, hiking, Joshua, las vegas, Mojave, National, native, nevada, news, Palm Springs, Park, red rock, road, security, tips, transportation, travel, Tree, trip, TSA | Leave a comment

PhotoInterest – Interacting with our Wildlife

Posted on April 15, 2012 by Bill Ford, Founder

Our Desert Critters - in and around Joshua Tree The desert is home to numerous varieties of wildlife from the tiniest of insects to big horn sheep, coyotes and Bobcats, and yes, lizards too. This is a 7-inch Desert Gecko sitting atop the … Continue reading →

Posted in Birds, Local Miscellaneous Topics, Misc Topics, Our Desert's Wild Critters, Reptiles, The Local Things, Tourism in our Morongo Basin region, Visitor/Tourist Resources | Tagged 29-palms, Basin, bird, birds, bunnies, bunny, cottontail, desert, desert wildlife, dove, endangered species, Gecko, iguana, insects, jack, Joshua, king, kingsnake, lizard, love, lovebirds, Mojave, morongo, rabbit, road, Roadrunner, runner, scorpion, snake, tortoise, Tree, turtle, Valley, wildlife, Yucca | 4 Comments

WEATHER FOR JOSHUA TREE – Explained

Posted on January 14, 2012 by Bill Ford, Founder

Basic current weather & 5-day forecasts for the general Joshua Tree area The above weather is recorded at a weather-station (Joshua Tree Highlands) located inside the Joshua Tree National Park, at about 3,400 feet altitude above sea level (ASL). The air … Continue reading →

Posted in Gardening in our Desert, Local Miscellaneous Topics, Local Public Messages & Announcements, Misc Topics, The Local Things, Tourism in our Morongo Basin region | Tagged 2400, 29, 29-palms, 29-Palms band of mission indians, 3000, 3200, 400, 4000, 5000, 62, aka, altitude, annual, Areas, ASL, astronomy, base, Basic, buildings, canyons, clear, cold, complex, comprehensive, County, Courts, data, details, east, fall, Feather, feet, For, gradually, heat, heavy, Highlands, highway, hot, humidity, Joshua, level, micro-climate, miles, mountain, mountains, National, north, palms, Park, peaks, pollen, predict, rain, rains, recorded, rise, road, rock, Route, sea, shade, skies, snow, south, specific, spring, state, stations, summer, sun, temp, Tree, twentynine palms, Valley, weather, Weather Accuracy, Weather-Data, weather-station, west, White, wind, winds, winter, Yucca, yucca valley, zones | Leave a comment

ASTRONOMY Resources

Posted on September 17, 2011 by Bill Ford, Founder

Southern California Amateur Astronomer groups, clubs, societies and resources located generally in and north of the Palm Springs area to Barstow region. High Desert Astronomical Society – Luz Observatory – Apple Valley Sky’s the Limit: Morongo Basin Observatory – 29-Palms … Continue reading →

Posted in Local Community Happenings, Local Meetings, public or private, Local Miscellaneous Topics, Misc Topics, The Local Things, Visitor/Tourist Resources | Tagged 29, 29-palms, Afton, airport, amateur, Amboy, Andromeda, Apple, arts, Astronomer, Astronomers, Astronomical, astronomy, Baker, Banning -- West, Barstow, Basin, Bear, Big, calif, California, camp, Campground, Canyon, center, Clark, clubs, Copper, cottonwood, Crater, dark, desert, groups, Hi Desert, johnson, Joshua, jumbo, landers, law, light, Lucerne, luz, morongo, mountain, mt, nat'l, National, Night, Observatory, Ordinances, Palm, palms, Park, Pass, Pioneertown, preserve, resources, road, rock, salton, sea, Sky, Sky's the Limit, societies, solar, southern, Springs, theater, thousand, Tree, twentynine, Valley, victorville, Video, water, White, whitewater, Yucca | Leave a comment

Novel Cure for Jammed Freeways

Posted on July 9, 2011 by Bill Ford, Founder

In todays bumper to bumper 12-20 mph jammed freeways, commuting back and forth to work can add several hours of unpaid labor time not to mention mental anguish, a lung full of traffic smog, a couple middle finger waves and an … Continue reading →

Posted in Misc Topics | Tagged aerocar, aeroplane, aircraft, car, carplane, flying, flying car, freeway, pilot, road, roadway, truck, vehicle | Leave a comment

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