Friday Night Market Pop Up Event 05/31/24

Hello AV community! I am hosting a night market vendor event at “The Patio at The Blvd.” on May 31st- Free admission; family and pet friendly! Mark your calendars, currently accepting vendors. 😁 See y’all there ! 🏝️

Catch me this Saturday 4/20/24 from 10AM-4:20PM With @hightimespalmdalecc other local car clubs and vendors at this amazing event to come!!

Come and join us; car meet ups; raffles, music, food, great OG vibes! Not an event to miss!

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Looking to camp near Kelso dunes or the cinder cones area next weekend. Anyone know if the wildflowers are blooming yet this year? Also and recs on campsites would be appreciated! Have a standard clearance AWD vehicle.

Tonight from 8PM to 11PM Come on down and join us 🩵 American Legion 311- Lancaster CA

I'm trying to figure out where to go on vacation in early May... the California desert has been on my bucket list for while, but I'm wondering if this is too late in the season. It also looks like there is a huge range in elevation and terrain throughout the preserve, which I'm not sure what to make of. Based on my experiences in the foothills of the south bay area, May is already pretty hot.

I'll be traveling and sleeping in my truck. I would like to do some day hikes. I would love to do some backpacking, but I'm concerned about water and not sure of a reasonable route. I'm a very experienced backpacker. I've hiked in 95 degree heat before, but the desert would be a new one for me. Haven't carried more than maybe a day's worth of water with me before.

Tell me how reasonable this is or if I will just be miserable.

Was planning to drive through the reserve and do some offroading and camping starting Sunday (coming from the east on my way to the coast, thought I'd detour through the reserve some, dont need to be in LA until Tuesday). I've done plenty of offroading, will be in a Rivian R1T caravan (2 of us), have recovery boards etc....but still not looking to just get stuck or just muddle through.

The weather report looks like a significant rain event Saturday into Sunday, ~0.5" in the reserve. I'm assuming that will lead to mud and just poor conditions I don't want to mess with...Any thoughts on if/when offroad tracks will be passable again?

Check out this video of our epic 7-hour hike to the old west mining town of Panamint City. If you visit the channel after you can see other videos of the burros we spotted, the native pictographs we found, and the silver mine we explored. Wish we had video of the drive to get there in a front-wheel drive honda Pilot. That was the hardest part.

https://youtu.be/_G0AZNr3cTY?si=MujXWXkFnocVHM-l

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Based in Reno. Taking a 5 day road trip in a 2wd van. Was thinking of doing the Mojave or Joshua Tree but Jtree sounds like a bummer with a dog. I’m very familiar with most of the Nevada dessert but less with the southwest areas and haven’t spent much time past the Mojave other than driving through. Looking for suggestions on a good itinerary. Love quirky off the beaten path sites, hiking, hot springs, camping and stars. Love exploring with the pup. What would your perfect itinerary be so explore the Nevada desserts and or eastern sierras (below snow)? Thanks so much!

Hello,

I am seeing road closures in the area on the SB County site but was wondering if this section is passable via bicycle and if anyone has recently physically seen the conditions and can speak to them. I am doing a long distance bike tour from Joshua Tree to Las Vegas in a week and half and trying to determine if I need to reroute.

Thank you in advance!

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What are your thoughts on all of the Solar Farms popping up around the area?

Does anyone know if any of the springs are running? Assuming not at this time of the year.

I’m planning a day trip to MNP from LA and here’s what I have so far:

-Amboy Crater -Rings Loop Trail -Lava Tube -Sunset at Kelso Dunes

Anything else that is a must see? Or should I substitute what I have planned for something else? Thanks!

Does anyone know where there is a decent joshua tree forest to photograph? I was thinking somewhere in the preserve or joshua tree national park but I heard the preserve would be better. I'm wanting to photograph some trees to paint on the wall of my incoming baby's nursery for a desert theme. Any info would be appreciated!

All of the roads in the preserve are closed.

I am deeply saddened by the loss of so much land and irreplaceable Joshua tree forests in the preserve. I had hoped to see it and visit soon, as I adore Joshua Trees.

With so much of the preserves trees lost to fire, is the preserve still worth visiting if I wish to walk through Joshua trees? I was crying about this earlier. Just at the time when I was finally able to visit, another portion burns.

Where would I go to see living trees?

Its so common to see on the internet and magazines and stuff like that the explanation that the reason people wear longsleeve clothes in a hot desert environment is partly because it gets cold at night. That you can get chilly if you wearshort sleeve shrits and pants because desert can get as chilly low as 38 Degrees F at night and theminimal is often high 50s-to low 60s Fahrenheit temperature when it gets dark after the Sun goes away and the moon takes over.

Except I came back from Las Vegas this week and the whole time night times were super hot often being borderline to 100 degrees F. Even the lowest at most was the low at around 90 F borderline range.

Before someone even points out that as Vegas's infrastructure traps daytime heat, yes I actually camped out in the desert near the highway more than 2 hours away in Las Vegas where hills and mountains surround you with Coyote and Scorpions and other animals roaming in the Wilderness. Yet iut was still often over 95 degrees Fahrenheit at night!

So I don't understand the so common claim that Deserts get cold at night so often repeated by Youtubers and Internet blogs and Tumblr! Can anyone explain why experience in Nevada proved this factoid wrong?