Season 2 of Southwest Stories with Steve Brown goes for a road trip up Highway 395 in California, to the living ghost town of Randsburg, then on to Ridgecrest, and out to Little Petroglyph Canyon, the largest concentration of Native American Petroglyphs in the western hemisphere. This episode is from the 2015-16 season on KVCR PBS TV. Theme music: Steve Rushingwind & the Native Groove. Our thanks to the Ridgecrest Area Convention & Visitors Bureau for their support. Produced by The Sun Runner and Turquoise Multimedia.

Join Southwest Stories as we take to the skies over Lake Havasu City during their annual Havasu Balloon Fest. We'll catch up with VW bus enthusiasts who gather annually in Lake Havasu City, go out on the water with Captain Kenny, and have plenty of fun around town. Lake Havasu is one of our favorite desert destinations, and we always have a great time.

Road trip with Southwest Stories to Lake Havasu City. Join host Steve Brown for a little auto racing, kayak fishing, and so much more.

Join Southwest Stories for a road trip down along the border to the towns of Felicity, California and Yuma, Arizona. We'll take you to the incredible Museum of History in Granite at Felicity, and visit with Jacques-Andre Istel, the brilliant mind behind the museum and town. We'll explore Yuma's revitalized waterfront, dine at the Garden Cafe, and do a little shopping at Yuma's swap meet.

There's always more to do up 62 - California State Route 62, that is. Steve and the crew head up Route 62 from the Banning Pass, to Morongo Valley, a small but fascinating community at the fringes of the Mojave Desert (and the home of the new Sand to Snow National Monument). We'll dig through Morongo's history, and dig our own cactus at Cactus Mart. We'll visit a spiritual spot many locals don't even know about, hang out with artist, lip sync master, and pirate, Snake Jagger, and we'll wrap up our trip with a great barbecue dinner at Willie Boy's where Steve will sit in with the popular band, the California Celts, and try his hand at bull riding in pirate regalia. We hope you enjoy the ride!

Journey up California's Route 62 with Southwest Stories to historic Desert Christ Park, Old Town Yucca Valley and on for a visit with artist Bobby Furst and a musical performance at his compound in Joshua Tree. We'd like to dedicate this video to the folks in it, who are no longer with us: Music Producer Hal Hiner, Fiddler Tim Kelly, and our cowboy feng shui and wine expert, Buster. We miss you guys!

Southwest Stories heads up to legendary Pioneertown to make pottery at MazAmar Art Pottery, play a little music with the Gypsy Cowboy String Quartet at the Pioneertown Soundstage, walk the streets of the (Hollywood version of) the Old West at Gold Mountain Studios, and fly in to Calmada Boutique Hotel to discover the French connection to Pioneertown. We'd like to dedicate this episode to David Mindancer Duran of Gold Mountain Studios who walked on shortly after this season began. We'd also like to thank all the Old West re-enactors, Steve Rushingwind, Scot "One Shot" McKone, our intern Jamie Bergey, Dawg and the band, Amara and Thomas, Benoit and Chris, and all the wonderful folks who helped us with this episode, and all the others. What a wonderful experience! It was great to include some time in our own backyards in this season!