Sand In My Shoes: The Other Mojave

An adventurous trek to the desert leaves crowded cities behind and gives you a chance to capture unique photographs of an arid landscape

Text And Photography By Joseph C. Dovala

Published May 24, 2011
Updated July 1, 2016

Encompassing some 25,000 square miles of real estate in southeastern California and southern Nevada is the great Mojave Desert.

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