Desert safety topics: flash floods, vehicle, camping and personal safety accessories, venomous insects and reptiles, and a lot more
Flash floods in the southwestern US are a yearly occurrence. The amount of water that can travel down a wash that moments before was dry is astonishing. In large dry riverbeds that cover many miles, there may not even be any clouds visible in the area you’re in. The debris Read more…
Inventor of the First Aid Kit Robert Wood Johnson co-founder of Johnson & Johnson developed and released the first aid kit in 1888 to treat railroad construction workers, who, when injured, were often many miles from treatment. Soon after that, the first aid kit became available to the public. Individual Read more…
This section will briefly describe the Gila Monster and some of the southwest’s other venomous desert creatures. not to try and scare you, but rather to let you know what to be aware of in your desert travels. Gila Monster The Gila monster’s range is mainly Arizona and Mexico, the Read more…