Have we lost all sense of the real desert? What we most commonly associate with that landscape and ecosystem is an air-conditioned and cartoonish representation of its former self. In places such as Las Vegas with its infinite lights, California's Inland Empire with its sprawl, and greater urban areas such as Phoenix and Houston, cacti and tumbleweeds are often plasticized relics of the romantic American West. But reality’s loss is folklore’s gain. The desert and all that it once represented is the... More >>>