Just over an hour's drive northeast of Downtown Las Vegas, you can go on a camel ride in the Mojave Desert at Camel Safari. The experience feels worlds away from the bustle and extravagance of the ...

Troops often got motion sickness riding camels. -Camels smell really bad — so bad that it bothered soldiers and horses. -When excited or exerted, a camel would blow mucus out its mouth or nose.

So to bring the fugitive, ever-changing landscape of the desert dunes to virtual visitors, Google Maps strapped a camera to the hump of a camel – the oldest and most reliable desert porter.

From left, Carpinterians Sally Green and Debbie Murphy recently spent some time adventuring in Egypt. The pair stopped to ...