I suppose I should begin by reminding my readers I was raised in Southern California just minutes from the Pacific Ocean, and a few hours drive from snow capped mountains. Something that does not get advertised very often is our proximity to the desert. Just a brisk 2.5 hour drive will take you up through the historic Joshua Tree national forest (to me, it's more like a desert full of creepy cacti), and down into El Mirage Dry Lake. What on Earth is a dry lake, you ask? El Mirage is a dry lake bed in the Mojave desert of San Bernadino county, CA. This stretch of scorched Earth spans an astounding 6 miles and is used, today, as a camping playground for off road vehicles and land based speed machines. I should also note this is the location where the vast majority of timed speed runs (think formula race cars, and sports automobile commercials), and the annual Bonneville Flats speed runs occur. If you Google this spot Wikipedia will also list the myriad of music videos, movies, and cover photoshoots that have been shot here.
In any case, San Bernadino County is where Momma was raised, and it will come as no surprise Land Yachting, defined as an Extreme Sport, is something she partook in as a child herself. Despite the annual dusting of snow each Winter, El Mirage averages 105-112F during it's peak recreation season. But what on Earth is land yachting? It's precisely as it sounds, and deceptively dangerous. By definition, land sailing is defined as the act of moving across land in a 3 wheeled vehicle powered entirely by air. As most things go, throughout the years this hobby developed into a thrill sport as the land yachts became smaller and smaller. One of the most common land yachts today, the Manta TwinJammer is little more than an aluminum frame with a fabric bucket seat and 9' tall sail. Remember how I said I was kicking myself for being such a 'teenager' when I had the chance to ride these? A Manta TwinJammer will set you back a cool $1800; and I spent most of my 3 days at ElMirage kicking my feet about how 'uncool' it was.
This would be something my husband would be all over. He is the daredevil in this family. He already knows how to sail on the water so I'm sure he'd figure this out pretty quickly.
ReplyDeleteI have never done this before but it looks like fun!
ReplyDeleteJenna, this looks insanely fun. I want to go on as many kinds of trasportation before I die. I didn't even know about this. Now I need to add it to the list!
ReplyDeleteOh my goodness! That looks out of this world fun! I would love to go land sailing too! I didn't even realize they do this! Wow, I'd love to do it!
ReplyDeleteOh my goodness! That looks out of this world fun! I would love to go land sailing too! I didn't even realize they do this! Wow, I'd love to do it!
ReplyDeleteI would love to do this! How did I not know about this before? Can't wait to add this to my list of fun things to do much to my husbands dismay. :)
ReplyDeleteThat looks like so much fun! I'd love to try it out.
ReplyDeleteI LOVE your bucket list. Some great ideas. I would love to try this someday too.
ReplyDeleteThat looks like so much fun, my husband would really enjoy this. I haven't made a bucket list but that's such a good idea.
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ReplyDeleteThat looks like crazy fun! I'd get hurt for sure, haha!
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