Adventuring in the California Desert

Adventuring in the California Desert
Title Adventuring in the California Desert PDF eBook
Author Lynne Foster
Publisher Random House (NY)
Pages 468
Release 1987
Genre Automobile travel
ISBN

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The latest Sierra Club Adventure Travel Guide is the most comprehensive guide available to the scenic desert regions of California. Includes area maps, access and information on climate and gear. 10 black-and-white photographs. 11 line drawings. 10 maps.

California Desert Byways

California Desert Byways
Title California Desert Byways PDF eBook
Author Tony Huegel
Publisher Wilderness Press
Pages 238
Release 2006-12-21
Genre Travel
ISBN 9780899974132

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Presents 65 desert trips from Bishop to the Mexican border, including expanded coverage of popular destinations such as Death Valley National Park, Mojave National Preserve, and Anza-Borrego Desert State Park. This book makes high-walled canyons, lonely ghost towns, and soaring peaks from Mexico to the Great Basin easily accessible to recreational drivers. Tony Huegel's glove-box-sized Byways have been leading drivers to the hidden surprises found along unpaved backroads for more than 10 years. These books are for recreational drivers who want to use their four-wheel-drive or sport-utility vehicle beyond the pavement to explore, but who might not want to do hard-core or lengthy off-road driving. They are also for adventurers who use these trips as jumping-off points for muscle-powered exploration, such as hiking and mountain biking.

Backpacking California

Backpacking California
Title Backpacking California PDF eBook
Author Wilderness Press
Publisher Wilderness Press
Pages 504
Release 2010-05-10
Genre Travel
ISBN 0899975143

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Backpacking California is a collection of more than 70 of the most intriguing backpacking adventures in Wilderness Press's home territory of California. With contributions from more than a dozen Wilderness Press authors, the book describes routes ranging from one night to one week. Backpacking novices as well as "old hand" California hikers will find expert-crafted trips in the Coast Ranges, the Sierra, the Cascades, and the Warner Mountains. Expanded coverage includes trips in Big Sur, Anza-Borrego, Death Valley, and the White Mountains. Several trips have been described in print nowhere else. Each trip includes a trail map and essential logistical information for trip planning.

Adventure of the Tumbleweed Travelers

Adventure of the Tumbleweed Travelers
Title Adventure of the Tumbleweed Travelers PDF eBook
Author Heather Nobles
Publisher AuthorHouse
Pages 31
Release 2012
Genre Juvenile Fiction
ISBN 1468529005

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Have you ever wondered what kind of adventures you could encounter if you were a tumbleweed blowing across the desert? Come and join the exciting adventure of the Tumbleweed Traveler and his three trusty friends, Sonny the Snake, Jorge the Horny Toad, and Ruthie the Roadrunner, as they hold on tight for a rip roarin' ride through the majestic California Mohave Desert! The Adventure of the Tumbleweed Travelers is the first book of a social studies series for children. In each book, children will explore each state's rich and unique history and geography in a fun and exciting manner.

Backcountry Adventures Southern California

Backcountry Adventures Southern California
Title Backcountry Adventures Southern California PDF eBook
Author Peter Massey
Publisher Adler Publishing
Pages 642
Release 2006-05
Genre Automobile travel
ISBN 1930193262

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Beautifully crafted, high quality, sewn, 4 color guidebook. Part of a multiple book series of books on travel through America's beautiful and historic backcountry. Directions and maps to 2,970 miles of routes that travel through the beautiful mountain regions of Big Sur, across the arid Mojave Desert, and straight into the heart of the aptly named Death Valley. Trail history comes alive through the accounts of Spanish Missionaries; eager prospectors looking to cash in during California's gold rush; and legends of lost mines. Includes wildlife information and photographs to help readers identify the great variety of native birds, plants, and animal they are likely to see. Contains 153 trails, 640 pages, and 645 photos.

Into a Desert Place

Into a Desert Place
Title Into a Desert Place PDF eBook
Author Graham Mackintosh
Publisher W W Norton & Company Incorporated
Pages 312
Release 1995
Genre Travel
ISBN 9780393312898

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The author recounts his experiences walking around the Baja California coast, describes the region's desert wildlife, and shares his impressions of the people and landscapes

California Desert Trails

California Desert Trails
Title California Desert Trails PDF eBook
Author J. Smeaton Chase
Publisher Chase Press
Pages 468
Release 2007-03
Genre History
ISBN 1406756687

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1902 Excerpt: ...earth. r' = radius of moon, or other body. P = moon's horizontal parallax = earth's angular semidiameter as seen from the moon. f = moon's angular semidiameter. Now = P (in circular measure), r'-r = r (in circular measure);.'. r: r':: P: P', or (radius of earth): (radios of moon):: (moon's parallax): (moon's semidiameter). Examples. 1. Taking the moon's horizontal parallax as 57', and its angular diameter as 32', find its radius in miles, assuming the earth's radius to be 4000 miles. Here moon's semidiameter = 16';.-. 4000::: 57': 16';.-. r = 400 16 = 1123 miles. 2. The sun's horizontal parallax being 8"8, and his angular diameter 32V find his diameter in miles. ' Am. 872,727 miles. 3. The synodic period of Venus being 584 days, find the angle gained in each minute of time on the earth round the sun as centre. Am. l"-54 per minute. 4. Find the angular velocity with which Venus crosses the sun's disc, assuming the distances of Venus and the earth from the sun are as 7 to 10, as given by Bode's Law. Since (fig. 50) S V: VA:: 7: 3. But Srhas a relative angular velocity round the sun of l"-54 per minute (see Example 3); therefore, the relative angular velocity of A V round A is greater than this in the ratio of 7: 3, which gives an approximate result of 3"-6 per minute, the true rate being about 4" per minute. Annual ParaUax. 95. We have already seen that no displacement of the observer due to a change of position on the earth's surface could apparently affect the direction of a fixed star. However, as the earth in its annual motion describes an orbit of about 92 million miles radius round the sun, the different positions in space from which an observer views the fixed stars from time to time throughout the year must be separated ...