Within the Amargosa Wild and Scenic River corridor near Death Valley stands Rainbow Mountain, a billion-year-old beautiful mess known to geologists as part of the Amargosa Chaos. Famous now. Photographed. Explained. Pointed at. Interpreted. I go there often to be awed by it. But the first time I really looked at it, decades ago, it...Read More

Field Notes from a Spring Mountains scouting trip The Spring Mountains rise abruptly from the Mojave Desert, their wind-swept summits lifting into cooler worlds of pinyon, juniper, ponderosa pine, ancient bristlecone, creosote, white bursage, and Mojave yucca. Only a short drive from my home at Cynthia’s Basecamp, this steep range holds layers of desert history:...Read More

A Welcome from Cynthia’s Basecamp in the Amargosa Basin I’m Cynthia, founder of Cynthia’s Safaris and Cynthia’s Basecamp, ensconced in the Amargosa Basin and in the rural township of Tecopa, California,. I guess you would call Tecopa a gateway community to Death Valley National Park, but to me, it is much more. More than two...Read More