While
working at a print shop in Pasadena, news came though that the
government was giving homesteads to World War I veterans. After his
shift, Ann’s father Bill Underhill , got in his car with a shovel
and a sleeping bag and headed to 29 Palms to stake his claim. After
moving to the area permanently, he recognized he...
Growing up, family summer vacations in a rented
Winnebago meant traveling to the deserts of Arizona, New Mexico
among others. In this
episode, Kim talks about playing games with her
siblings on the drives and running around in the open
space.
'Wanderlust' is a word she uses to describe her
family, "We were always going...
Experiencing a lunar eclipse at the Columbia
River Gorge in Oregon was Miriam's first experience with desert.
She shares a memory of standing in the open space, and having the
realization that she was living in outer space. Not viewing it as
something 'out there', but as something she was a part
of.
Sixty
miles into her trip moving from Florida to Los Angeles, the car
radiator sprung a leak. Meilani MacDonald and a friend pressed on
to Los Angeles, with a jug of water in the trunk to keep the
radiator full. Once they got to the desert, they took to driving at
night where the cooler air was kinder to the
vehicle....