Desert hiking in California. Doesn’t get much better than that, right? The stillness of the air and the wide expanse of blue ...

Many of us have heard of Joshua Tree National Park with its spiky desert trees silhouetted against a painted sunset sky, icons of persistence in the face of harsh conditions: ...

Joshua Tree National Park is unreal. Its spiky namesake trees are often compared to something out of Dr. Seuss’ imagination, but park ranger Marc Mahan has another take. “I'm a big sci-fi nerd, and I ...