Rafting Cataract Canyon (From the DUSA Forum) — We hadn't planned to take a rafting trip this year but this one just sort of fell into our laps and we, my wife & I, did some scrambling to get time off and make it happen. A 4 day trip down the Colorado River through Canyonlands NP and the whitewater of Cataract Canyon ending on a lake named Powell... More...

A Touch of Class - Fall is fast approaching and Barstow's Western America Railroad Museum — WARM — is gearing up for their annual Railfest on Oct. 16th & 17th. This year there is a special addition to the museum's collection of rail cars. A BIG addition. More...

Hoover Dam Bridge - Plan to attend on Saturday, October 16, 2010, from 8:00 AM to 2:00 PM for Bridging America at the Hoover Dam. This public event is a celebration of the completion of the Hoover Dam Bypass. More...

Elegance on the Rails - Imagine yourself sipping a beverage on the vestibule of a vintage passenger rail car. Or sitting in a restored dome car watching the desert roll by as you climb the stark, Joshua Tree-studded Cajon Pass from Union Station in Los Angeles to Barstow, Calif. More...

Burning Man - Burning Man 2010 opens this week, as literally thousands of artists, revellers, musicians and others head to Black Rock City to celebrate what has become one of the desert's more curious and well attended events. Located on BLM land in the middle of the desolate, alkiline playa of the Black Rock Desert in Nevada, Burning Man draws 40,000 to 50,000 burners, as the attendees are called, each year. More...

Chloride, Arizona - Chloride was founded in 1862 with the discovery of silver ore. During its heyday, there were more than 75 mines in operation, and the population reached 2,000 in 1920. Today, there are still a few mines in operation, but Chloride looks elsewhere for prosperity. More...

Desert Food Chain — Energy – essential for the growth of all organisms, the processes of life and the actions of the animals – enters the food chain through the plants, in the form of light from the sun.
Almost magically, it seems, the solar energy is combined, by the plants, with water and carbon dioxide to create "glucose," a form of sugar used in reproduction and growth. More...

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