Mojave (Mohave): not OSX

Just a comment about some of the other write ups that I did. I didn't edit letters to make them PC, so there are some racial comments in some, particularly from my great-granduncle Abe Bonnifield, who was born without legs and fought for the South in the Civil War.

My grandparents and great-grand parents used to live on the Rosamund dry lake, which is now Edwards AFB. They had a few stories about living out there. My great-grandfather had a homestead there and wanted to grow rice on the lake. That never happened, ended up raising chickens and working in some mines out there. A cousin told me that he would have my great-grandmother drive their car, while he sat on the fender with a rifle and run down coyotes. I looked on Google maps, and it looks like the ruins of their house are still visible near the end of a runway. I wanted to try and get permission to go out there and see, but haven't done it yet. Here's a shot of their home.

Photo I shot a few years back while driving through Mojave.

I was very young, when I first visited the Mojave. I remember trying to capture what I thought was a land walking lobster. Luckily I didn't catch it!!!