Journal of Alta California

THE DESERTS

eath Valley sand dunes provide a picturesque backdrop to the largest national park in the contiguous United States, old western towns play up their cowboy roots with rodeos, and ATV riders mix with artist colonies far from the glitz and glitter of Palm Springs. The desert has always been an oasis for off-the-grid types to carve out a solitary

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