Sailing the Desert (El Mirage, California)

This is the story of El Mirage California, a community located in San Bernardino California that if you blink you'll miss. Much like an actual mirage, you're not sure if what you're seeing is real as you drive through this town of just over a thousand people. The story of a place destroyed by meth and false promises, this sad tale may not draw you in to come visit. We meet with Charles Floyd as he talks about the state of the town and an old iconic building that has seen better days, Murphy's Bar and Grill.
In the second part of our El Mirage visit we move from the town to the dry lake and meet up with Leonard Whalquist, Dan Zan, and Robert Weber as they introduce us to land sailing, a sport that involves taking special boats with wheels out into the desert and catching currents of wind to gain speed across the open landscape.