We just returned from a ten day assignment shooting remote ranges in the Mojave. We ended up shooting the Palo Verde, Cady, Soda and Avawatz Mountains. Quite a bit of driving, not much hiking, but nice cactus and wildflower blooms. 

Cady Mountains, Mojave

 Beavertail Cactus in the Soda Mountains

Salt Creek Hills and Avawatz Range, Mojave

Sunrise and Palo Verde, Palo Verde Mountains

 Brittlebush, Denning Spring, Avawatz Range

Soda Mountains above Cronise Lake dunes, Mojave