Unpredictability and Adventure in the Austere Black Rock Desert

Have you ever had a trip that you thought was going to be like any other but then turned out to be one of the most memorable? This guided tour, a collaboration of Wildwood Open Lands Foundation and Fernweh Guided Expeditions, was exactly that. It started like any other trip. We spent our first night … Continue reading Unpredictability and Adventure in the Austere Black Rock Desert

Scorpions in the Darkness

The temperature was already closing in on the mid-day high by the time I reached the BLM’s Black Rock field station. Gazing out over the alkali pan of the playa, a stiff wind whipped the loose surface into a column of dust several hundred feet high before sending it sailing east into Selenite mountains.  A … Continue reading Scorpions in the Darkness