A Guide to California's Deserts

    Most years, we head to the California desert during our cold, often foggy winter. This year our trip will be a little late, the end of March, when we spend a week in Death Valley with our  son and daughter-in-law from Bellingham, WA.
    Links to all our desert posts are below. I've been reliving our desert treks over the years as I needed to add back to the posts photos that had disappeared. Maybe they'll help you plan your own trip or inspire you to take in the desert for the first time. There are loads of photos, lots of maps, descriptions, history, and storytelling.
    Enjoy! And thanks, as always, for following our blog, Meandering the Blue Highways, which is what we like to do😎
                                                        —Marilyn & Doug

Death Valley National Park

2012     Death Valley and Beyond
2016     Death Valley in Bloom

2017      What an Interesting Week
2020     A Year for Meandering Closer to Home
2021     California: Death Valley National Park

2021     Nevada: Valley of Fire State Park, Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area, and Rhyolite
2021     Rhyolite NV to Alabama Hills CA to Home

Joshua Tree National Park

2010    Joshua Tree National Park

2015    Imperial Valley & Joshua Tree National Park

2015    Joshua Tree National Park & Painted Canyon
2018    Joshua Tree National Park
2021    California: Mojave National Preserve & Joshua Tree National Park
2022    A Memorial and Quarantine Camping: Anza Borrego State Park, Joshua Tree National Park, Amboy Crater

Mojave National Preserve

2018     Mojave National Preserve

2021    California: Mojave National Preserve & Joshua Tree National Park

Alabama Hills

2018    East Side of the Sierras

2018    Ryholite NV to Alabama Hills CA to Home

2021    The Long and Winding Road from California to 

Washington, Part 6: North through California

Anza Borrego State Park

2011    Julian, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, Salton Sea State Recreation Area

2015    Winter Escape to the Desert: Anza Borrego Desert State Park
2022    A Memorial and Quarantine Camping: Anza Borrego State Park, Joshua Tree National Park, Amboy Crater

Valley of Fire State Park, Nevada

2021    Nevada: Valley of Fire State Park, Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area, and Rhyolite

2021    The Long and Winding Road from California to Washington, Part 1

1. Joshua Tree National Park. 2. Death Valley National Park. 3. Anza-Borrego Desert State Park. 4. Mojave National Preserve. 5. Valley of Fire State Park. 6. Alabama Hills. 7. Visalia (home).