We are Southern California natives who have been coming to and loving the Mojave Desert for five generations now. For many decades we enjoyed the use of a primitive cabin in the Eastern Sierra near Mt. Whitney that my father helped build with his cousin in the 1950s, and where I spent many hours fantasizing a pioneer life. Unfortunately, our beloved cabin burned down in a ferocious wildfire in 2007. It was a heartbreaking loss for our family. But in 2008, on a last-minute weekend trip to Joshua Tree, we fell in love with this southern part of the same Mojave Desert. We returned to peek around at property here and were so very fortunate to find this special spot in the Joshua Tree Highlands right next to the National Park! We are in love with the abundance of flora and fauna, the unusual and awesome geology, the glorious sunrises and sunsets, the forever views of the ever-changing desert landscape, the dazzling night sky and, of course, the beautiful moonrises…