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Centuries of erosion have created this drainage canyon through the south end of Broadwell Mesa in the Kelso Dunes Wilderness

6942-kelso-dunes-wilderness.jpg I look for the dirt road to follow after pavement ends at the foot of the Newberry Mountains, a short distance from the freewayThumbnailsAmong the many antiques on the Route 66 Motel property is this cigarette machineI look for the dirt road to follow after pavement ends at the foot of the Newberry Mountains, a short distance from the freewayThumbnailsAmong the many antiques on the Route 66 Motel property is this cigarette machineI look for the dirt road to follow after pavement ends at the foot of the Newberry Mountains, a short distance from the freewayThumbnailsAmong the many antiques on the Route 66 Motel property is this cigarette machineI look for the dirt road to follow after pavement ends at the foot of the Newberry Mountains, a short distance from the freewayThumbnailsAmong the many antiques on the Route 66 Motel property is this cigarette machineI look for the dirt road to follow after pavement ends at the foot of the Newberry Mountains, a short distance from the freewayThumbnailsAmong the many antiques on the Route 66 Motel property is this cigarette machine

What will this relatively untouched area look like 1000 years from now? Hopefully it won't be covered with solar power plants (and weeds), the kind of thing that current government likes.

Natural desert areas like this are these days seen as "wastelands" to be conquered.