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I've been planning my trip to the Mojave Desert all day. Calling up power company PR people mainly. In one day I have learned an inordinate amount on solar technology and desert tortoises. I found a now-abandoned experimental solar field out near Daggett, CA that I can't wait to photograph, as well as the largest wind farm in the US in Tehachapi. Other goals are to find this desert tortoise, a geodesic dome, a 10-foot tall rabbit, and the mysterious self-propelling rocks of Death Valley. Also to photograph some karaoke singers in a weird ghost town. Aim high! But the best part is that I'm sure I'll find stuff way way crazier than any of that. I always do every time I'm in the desert. The trickiest thing is that I've got to figure out a way to secure a fancy video camera before I leave because I want this to be my first official foray into video. I'm leaving on Saturday at the crack of dawn and will be gone til Tuesday night. I'm going to camp every night and cook food on a propane stove or even better a campfire. I'm going to whittle. I'm going to listen to the lonely songs of the sand dunes. Woohoo!