Featuring Southwestern ghost towns, photos of Arizona's Sonoran Desert, and views of many parks and features in the Four Corners state, including Arches, Canyonlands, Zion, Organ Pipe, Saguaro, and the Very Large Array. Also featuring photographs from the deserts of Kuwait, Afghanistan, and Iraq.
On a spiritual quest to the magnificent deserts and canyons of the American West, peace and unexpected vision come to one traveller during his search for beauty and insight. A reflective journey into the Colorado Plateau in words and photographs.
On a spiritual quest to the magnificent deserts and canyons of the American West, peace and unexpected vision come to one traveller during his search for beauty and insight. A reflective journey into the Colorado Plateau in words and photographs.
"Burning Man" is a festival of the arts held during the labor day weekend, in the Playa region of the Black Rock Desert in Northern Nevada, on the border between Washoe and Perhing counties, about two hours out of Reno. This board is for the discussion of the experience of getting there, through essay, art and story. Articles about places to visit in the region, especially in Nevada but elsewhere, too, are especially welcome on the board, and please feel free to go into as much detail as you want. Culture, history, geology, everything that isn't commercial and is reasonably family friendly, even if the event maybe isn't.
Most trips across the desert recomend a high ground clearance 4x4, a full tank of fuel, a spare gallon or so in a can, a gallon of water per person, dry weather, and plenty of prudence. I had three pints of water, foolhardiness, stubbornness, blind courage, innocence and stupidity; And a Ford Mustang. But did anyone think I would miss driving through what I'd seen 20 mintes earlier?
This website includes photographs of Post World War II houses in Tempe, Arizona, as well as a paper in support of preserving Post World War II subdivisions. This website contains educational resources and suggested readings for Post World War II history, Post World War II architecture, and Arizona history.
