The Long Road

The California Desert


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"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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The Long RoadBy Ron Jones

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