A California Desert Scene

[joeintexas]

Joshua Tree, California. Raw dry land with remnants of life. Who lived here? What were they like? Where were they from and where did they go? Who would choose this exact spot, this harsh wonderful place to live?
Taken by my nephew on our visit there a couple weeks ago. He sold his Glock and bought this camera. nice trade.

If walls could talk....

 

[Straightshooter2]

Taken by my nephew on our visit there a couple weeks ago. He sold his Glock and bought this camera. nice trade.

Wyatt, since the EXIF is stripped out of the photo, what camera and lens was he using if you know?

CW

 

[Wyatt Burp]

Wyatt, since the EXIF is stripped out of the photo, what camera and lens was he using if you know?

CW

I just remember it was a $500 Sony and he did have a lens on it because I remember him dropping it. I'm not knowlegable about cameras any more than I am at spelling knowlegable! But I love the pics he gets. The B&W ones have great contrasts, too.

 

[rburg]

Wasn't all that long ago, 2 LADWP employees disappeared and two were shot at=within my lifetime!

So I'm not certain about your math. Sounds to me like 4 were shot at, 2 where missed. The other 2 rest in a shallow grave.

Here in Kentucky, we had moonshiners and the Federal Government engaged in a war against them. More than one simply vanished while going about their jobs. No one heard or saw a thing. Then a few years later somebody saw a hillbilly wearing a pair of shoes way out of character for where they lived. It happens.

 

[JF3D]

Was out at Edwards AFB back in May. Watched the sun come up around 0500. Stands to reason why religions get discovered out there. Nothing between you and the Big Sky. Figured you'd want somebody standing between you and all that.

 

[shouldazagged]

I come from the mountains of East Tennessee originally; and there are still, I'm told, folks there who like to take care of business without bothering those poor overworked LEO's. There have been a number of chest-type freezers found locked and discarded in remote sink holes...

 

[feralmerril]

I was assigned to guard our F22`s nights out at edwards when they were tested and competeing for the contract against northrup`s in the fly offs. I remember being out there listening to the gulf war start. I also watched the first space shuttel land there in the early 1980s. Poncho barnes had the happy bottoms club next to edwards. It misterlesly burnt down while she was in a fight with the goverment over not selling out. I have seen her. Her son signed off my test flight for my private license. The antelope valley and that part of the mohave desert is rich in history from the old west and right now in aviation testing.

 

[LVSteve]

To the East of 29 Palms there is an area dotted with abandoned tiny properties. We stopped and looked at a couple off the Amboy Road. All manner of stuff was just sitting there half buried in sand and tumbleweed.

Most folk do not realise how remote some parts of SoCal can be. When you leave 29 Palms on Highway 62 heading East there is a sign warning that there are no services for 100 miles. The "services" are a tatty gas station at a crossroads called Vidal Junction. Some of you will now look at a map and tell me that Rice is along that route. Yeah, last time I stopped in "downtown Rice" there were two or three ruined buildings, a railway spur and some lizards.