At the
age of six, Rosa Ficara had her first experience with desert - her
family had just moved to the desert from Waterbury, CT. Rosa
doesn’t recall much about the move other than the fact that the
desert was much warmer than those Connecticut winters.
As the
first-born of Italian immigrants, Rosa spoke
Italian...
Born
and raised in San Diego, Shaney Jo Darden's first experience with
the desert was traveling to visit her grandparents who lived in
Palm Desert.About ten years
ago, Shaney Jo started coming to the hi-desert to visit a friend,
who owned Rimrock Ranch in Pioneertown.
Rimrock became a place for Shaney Jo to bring...