1.   Duhon enjoys speeding across the hard-packed sand on his dirt bike, almost challenging the dry lake to best him.

2.   Young men souped up their vehicles and raced along the dry lake beds around Los Angeles.

3.   Before running the tests, the researchers filled in the track under the sled to simulate the hard surface of a dry lake.

4.   A dry lake bed, Groom Lake, provides expansive takeoff and landing room.

5.   Composed of boron, sodium, oxygen and water, borax is found in dry lake beds.

6.   Dry lake beds offer the most tantalizing possibility of all.

7.   Dust devils erupt on the dry lakes to the south.

8.   From dry lake beds to mining trails and wildflower-filled canyons, the camping is remote and there is single-track riding for skilled bikers.

9.   One man was very successful by going to a playa, a dry lake with few rocks.

10.   Skirt the dry lake bed on the north, or right, side for about four miles until you spot the kite buggiers.