Mojave Desert Photography: The tree...

...that may have given shade to miners at this abandoned camp in the El Paso Mountains.  Note the tailings in the background.

Mojave Desert Photography: Remains of an old air field...

Abandoned runway:  Cuddeback practice range.

Mojave Desert Photography: El Paso Mountains: Ruin....

The El Paso Mountains are dotted with ruins.

The stories behind many of them are lost to the mists of time, or have been taken to the grave with those who toiled at these sites.

Mojave Desert Photography: El Paso Mountains: Very Harsh Beauty...

Motoring slowly through the desert, potential photographs sometimes startle me.

-Pavement Escapee.

Mojave Desert Photography: Mojave Desert: Sometimes...

...a rock is more than just a rock.

El Paso Mountains.

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Mojave Desert Photography And Musings.....

Deep in the El Paso Mountains, the trail takes me to places where Indians and generations of prospectors once trod.  Leave those whose vehicles supply power to only two wheels, on the pavement.

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Mojave Desert: Somewhere in the Mojave Desert....

Where did I take this photograph?

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Mojave Desert Photography: Rodman Mountains in color!

The Rodmans are popular with off-road drivers and shooters.

But, one can still find niches of mystical quiet, even here.

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Mojave Desert Photography: The Radical Rodman Mountains...

As I've rolled along life's trail, I've come to realize that my passions for photography and for the desert are true blessings.  For they, along with my faith in God, keep me from becoming mired in petty considerations.

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Mojave Desert Photography: I seek the solitary desert...

...in order to seek my self.

But, at times I take comfort in the knowledge that others in the desert are enjoying it, as well.  Each of us gets what we need from Mother Desert.

Look at the photograph on the right.  Can you see what I am trying to say?

Mojave Desert Photography: Calico Mountains...

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