DesertUSA

About a month ago, I was in Las Vegas for the Interop show. One day, I slipped out to the desert and found a natural spring in the middle of the desolation that was surrounded by lush greenery. There were also Indian pictographs all over the cliff walls.

I saw lizards, harmless snakes, hummingbirds (in the middle of the desert!), a big green centipede, and the day was made perfect by my spotting a two-foot western diamondback rattler under a ledge.

In the words of Steve Irwin, “Wot a privilege!”

Today, we celebrate the beauty of southwestern US deserts. The site is called DesertUSA. Here's their mission:

DesertUSA's purpose is to provide a tool for discovery -- a publication which entertains educates and explores with our readers, the beauty, life and culture of the North American deserts. To this end, DesertUSA.com contains images, stories, movie and audio clips, virtual reality tours and hard data about, virtually any desert-related topic: plants, animals, geology, cultural and natural history, recreation, parks, cities, travel and people.
Check out Places to Go. It lists deserts in Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas, and Utah that you can visit, many of which have national parks.

Also, look at Things to Do. Find out about where you can ride horses, go offroading, visit desert caves, fish, or find optimal photography opportunities.

The deserts outlines the individual deserts found in the US. For instance, the desrt I visited was part of the Great Basin Desert that covers the entire state of Nevada.

There is a tremendous amount of beauty in the desert, my friends. If you have not yet visited one, please review today's site and think about doing so.

http://www.desertusa.com

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