The California Desert

from The Long Road · host Ron Jones

"The Mojave is a big desert and a frightening one. It's as though nature tested a man for endurance and constancy to prove whether he was good enough to get to California." I miss the California desert. Here's a nice capture of California heat from Steinbeck's 1962 travelogue, "Travels with Charley," as he rolled through the Mojave. Book Reference: "Travels with Charley: In Search of America" by John Steinbeck (1962)

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