Thank you for visiting our site. You may register by US Mail - just download and print the registration form available on our registration page. US Mail registrations must reach us by May 23 to be processed before the event.

Registration by credit card using this web site is also available. Please use our registration page.

To read more about our event, please see our event summary page.

New - Original art by Fran Frisch will be given away to some lucky holder of a weekend pass! The drawing will take place at the welcome party Friday night at Hunters Bar. Here's an image of the art:

New - Palm Springs Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence will appear at the BITD Welcome Party to conduct our prize drawings from 5pm to 7pm!

New - Charities benefitting from the activities of the Welcome Party are the F.I.N.D. Food Bank and TLC - Tender Loving Critters (who help orphaned animals, including those made homeless by abandonment). Both of these fine charities help directly with the effects of these difficult economic times.

New - The first batch of event t shirts have arrived from the manufacturer. Take a look:

And here is detail of the embroidery:

The hotels are filling up, interest has been strong. Please see our hotel page for more information.

Information about advertising in the event booklet is available here. The deadline to submit ads is May 9!

To look at some pictures from Bears In The Desert 2007, click here. (Warning: Some browsers do not seem to like the script that runs the slide show.)

Information is being added to this site on a regular basis, so please check back often.

Last update: May 15, 2008