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Snowblast in the Mojave Desert 2018
An Evermore Rare Event in the Mojave Desert – “Snow!” Tuesday, February 27th, 2018 The year of 2018 started with a rather large period of hot spells and dryness. The approaching storms that encroached on the Mojave Desert always managed to dissolve before getting the opportunity to quench the Mojave’s insatiable thirst. The transverse range that separates the desert from the coastal valleys is mostly to blame for this as it creates what is referred to as a “rain shadow”. Now, I am not a meteorologist by any means, but I do have a very fundamental knowledge of how it works in this area seeing as how I have experienced…
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Day Venture – Alien Scenery of the Bluecut Fire
Tuesday, August 16th, 2016 This morning, the Pilot Fire that burned from the Silverwood Lake region on through Summit Valley and Southern Hesperia was finally declared 100% contained. Unfortunately, a new fire erupted in the Cajon Pass off old Route 66 at 10:35 on this very same morning. I woke up to an all too familiar view outside my window and knew what I would be doing for the rest of the day. A gigantic plume of smoke was growing and heading our way again. It was time to grab my camera gear and hit the road for some up close action of the newly dubbed “Bluecut Fire”. I started my…
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Day Venture – The Pilot Fire of Silverwood Lake
Sunday, August 7th, 2016 I woke up late this morning after sleeping in quite a bit from yesterday’s late night haul from Kingman, AZ. I took a look out the window of my second floor bedroom as I always do in search of interesting cloud patterns. I was greeted by a rather large plume of smoke looming dreadfully in the distance somewhere around the San Bernardino mountains. I knew exactly where I would be headed today, so I grabbed my gear together and took a look at the local news. I had learned that the fire was on the east side of Silverwood Lake and that a section of highway 138 was shut down from…
