Among the Joshua Trees of Grapevine Mesa
Sometimes the best nights on the road begin without a firm plan: just a stretch of open highway and a vague idea about a stand of Joshua trees in northern Arizona. That’s how we found ourselves heading into the Mojave, chasing the last light south of Boulder City.
Slot Canyons and Sandstone Waves: A Day Beneath Nevada’s Desert Sky
Early one May morning, my partner and I left Las Vegas and followed the interstates and the Valley of Fire Highway into the desert, headed toward Nevada’s oldest and most visually striking state park.