Yesterday, I was part of a group with the Mojave Desert Land Trust that enjoyed a day of rough, 4WD vehicle-only back road adventures into the desert wilderness. The destinations were in the space between Joshua Tree National Park on the south and the Mojave National Preserve on the north. These areas are included in the proposed Mojave Trails National Monument.

These photos were taken at the Cadiz Dunes in the Cadiz Dunes Wilderness. The dunes are loaded with wildlife prints. The paw prints in the second photo belong, I think, to a coyote. The prints in the last photo were left by a roadrunner.

Photos by rjzimmerman December 5, 2015.