I love riding thru the desert!
What kind of desert? Hot and sandy or cold and snowy?
I've never heard of a cold and snowy desert.  But the hot and sandy desert has a different terrain than I am use to.
Desert
A desert is a barren area of landscape where little precipitation occurs and, consequently, living conditions are hostile for plant and animal life. The lack of vegetation exposes the unprotected surface of the ground to the processes of denudation. About one-third of the land surface of the world is arid or semi-arid. This includes much of the polar regions where little precipitation occurs and which are sometimes called polar deserts or "cold deserts". Deserts can be classified by the amount of precipitation that falls, by
the definitions of the ecoregion or desert. See Great Basin montane forests for more specific details on the high-elevation ecoregion.
Climate.
The climate of the Great Basin desert is characterized by extremes: hot, dry summers and cold, snowy winters; frigid alpine ridges and warm, windy valleys; days over followed by nights near . This is the climate of the high desert.
The Great Basin desert climate begins with the Sierra Nevada in eastern California. Rising above sea level, this mountain range casts a