Sant traveled through Joshua Tree on her way to Arizona in the
1970's ~ little did she know then she would eventually make it her
home. She and her husband, David, began retreating to Joshua Tree
on weekends to escape stressful lives in San Bernardino ~ one day,
they just decided to move permanently. In this
episode,...
Pat grew up loving nature and visiting the desert with her
family, so it would stand to reason that she would go back to
school at age 35 and get a degree in Biology and be placed as the
first friendly face visitors came in contact with at
Anza-Borrego State
Park in California. An extremely active advocate
for the...
Hilary heads back to Tanzania Africa next week for three
months, so I was thrilled she made the time to be on the
podcast. In this
episode, Hilary discusses the life-change she
experienced, bringing her to the desert permanently in 2009. With a
35-year career as a producer and stylist for print, film and
commercials in...
Helen, on the left, new homesteader in Twentynine Palms;
right, Minerva Hoyt, "Apostle of the Cacti".
Helen learned to love the desert, coming here in 1927, with
her husband Frank (due to his health issues) and three young boys.
Helen and Frank ran a grocery store in Twentynine Palms, or '29
Palms', and made a life...