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Mojave National Preserve closures during government shutdown

Joshua Tree National Park to remain open

Some of our favorite Sun Runner covers

Thank you, and a fond farewell

Joshua Tree National Park to temporarily close Thursday

Community pulls together to support Joshua Tree National Park during shutdown

Government shutdown impacts parks

Jazz legend Nancy Wilson has died

Monument Valley Tribal Park closed due to Satanic cult YouTube stunt

Take a road trip with us - Route 66 through the Mojave - this September

It all began, really, when I thought it would be fun to do a road trip through the Mojave, along Route 66, with one of the world's...

Support Season 3 of Southwest Stories on KVCR PBS TV: Route 66 Through the Mojave Desert

We've launched a Kickstarter campaign to fund the production of Season 3: Route 66 Through the Mojave Desert. We've filmed much of the...

Take the Route 66 Relics Tour

Once a year, visitors have the opportunity to take the Route 66 Relics Tour of Route 66 sites in and around the Petrified Forest National...

New Joshua Tree Gateway Communities Visitors Guide hits the streets

We just had to leave the cover image of The Sun Runner Guide to the Joshua Tree Gateway Communities as large as possible. With gorgeous...

Route 66 - Motoring a Desert Treasure: Riding the Mother Road

The Sun Runner Magazine's Steve Brown and Mr. Route 66 - Jim Conkle - take a journey down Route 66 through the Mojave Desert - and...

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The Sun Runner

Welcome to The Sun Runner, The Journal of the Real Desert, published since January, 1995. In 2014 we began to expand our scope from the California deserts, across the Southwest with both the magazine and our television series, Southwest Stories.
Please also visit our other publications: The Joshua Tree Tortoise Telegraph, The Joshua Tree Gateway Communities Visitor Guide, and the new Palm Canyon Paradise.