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Fuck. If I could get anywhere close to the desert I knew... I haven't been in the area for decades, but I'm sure my desert has been paved. I'm more conservationist that environmentalist but I can still lament the passing of an era. I will forever be an oblivious youth with a 35mm camera taking pictures of the desert beauty because at some level I knew it couldn't last.

I used to take a trail thru the desert to my school bus stop instead of following the dirt road. Most days it was fine. One day I didn't watch my step. I ended up with a cactus bulb stuck in my ankle. One of the worst pains I've ever felt was having it removed with plyers. You couldn't offer me anything that would make me even consider giving up that memory for a moment.

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I think the only desert that is pretty much untouched out there is Salton Sea (for obvious reasons)

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Yeah, that makes sense. I was in Baldy Mesa, between Apple Valley and Phealand(sp?). It was all due to be paved; just a matter of time.

For some the notion that you can never go home is mental thing. Sure, you can go back to your parents house in the town you grew up in with the neighbors that knew you as a kid but... It won't ever be the same.

Me? My family didn't claim a place. We had family in 3 states with roots but we traveled. My parents were truckers and we followed the work. It wasn't until I was 11 years old that we landed where we did.

The winters are harsh here. It makes me long for the desert. It doesn't exist.

The summers are too wet here. It makes me long for the desert. It doesn't exist.

The spring is to dry here. It makes me long for the desert. It doesn't exist.

The fall is too wet here. It makes me long for the desert. It doesn't exist.

The desert is tamed. I have no home to return to.

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I've been out towards Apple Valley a few times. BEAUTIFUL area in terms of desert. I can see why you have such strong nostalgia for it