This land may look ugly, but the dry crust on the desert floor is actually a good thing. The crust makes it so that when the wind blows (and we DO get wind!) the dirt doesn't blow away. It's when people walk on, drive on, dig in, and otherwise disturb the desert floor that we get lots of dust. This was taken at the same property where the bees were a month back; I was checking to see if the property owners cleaned up all the bunches of junk there. Nope - it's all still there, minus the bees which are at a bee keepers' home now. So, now the property owners will be taken to a Hearing Board (kind of like a court) and be fined. And this is how I get paid!