Desert Trip to the Granite Mountains in Mojave National Preserve 

We leave Monday 8am and return Easter Sunday 7pm

• Organizational Meeting Topics
• Directions
• Costs: Food $50, camping fee $20, Caverns $5, shared gas for driving $40
• Weather for Barstow, which is roughly comparable
• Chore List
• Equipment list
• University of California's Granite Mountains
• Desert Bloom update
• Granites Plant List
• Virtual Mojave Geology Field Trip
• Places we go
• Map of area and places noted below, with virtual fieldtrip to the below links
• Granite Mountains geology
• Overview: Mojave National Preserve
• Amboy Crater
• Cima Dome and Cinder Cones
• Kelso Dunes and their geology
• Hole in the Wall and its geology
• Mitchell Caverns State Park and its geology