From:             "Dana Adams" <fj40dana@hotmail.com>
To:               parkse@theriver.com, landcruisers@tlca.org
Subject:          [LCML] Desert Explorers
Send reply to:    landcruisers@tlca.org
Date sent:        Tue, 10 Sep 2002 01:41:37 +0000

I've mentioned these folks before, but I'll do it again.  There used to
exist within the (gasp) Sierra Club (SC), an off-roading section called
"Back-Roads Explorers" (BRE).  This section of the SC enjoyed going out into the
wild back-country and exploring, just like most of us on this list enjoy.  I
went on several of their trips, and had a great time.

When the SC took the position of closing the entire Mojave Desert with their
Desert Protection Act, the members of the BRE protested to the SC leaders. Their
pleas fell on deaf ears, because the SC remained committed to closing down the
desert, so the BRE members left the SC, and went to the Mojave River Valley
Museum      http://mvm.4t.com/

Attached to this Museum is the Desert Explorers, and they do a lot more than
just desert exploring.  They do all over California, Arizona, and parts of
Nevada.  And Mexico.  Nice group of folks.

Dana

>>>>>>>>>>>>
Hi all:

Last spring, I met up with a couple of 70+ year old drivers in the Hualapai
Mountains near Kingman Arizona.  She was driving a Toyota Mini-Pickup and he an
S10 pickup...They were pre-running a route for a club out of southern
California.     http://desertexplorers.org

One of their main leaders is Neal Johns, who is 84 or 85.  He had recently
switched over from 77 Fj40's to Toyota Mini...said he was getting too
soft...I don't know Neal's current status, but he seems like a valuable
resource for the deserts of S. California and northern Mexico...real
interesting person!............Ernie