Perfect image to capture the feel of the California desert, Keith! I nearly went insane trying to pin point the location in that capture, but, there's so many places that look almost identical. My first thought was Kramer Junction, but then I ruled it out.
Did you shoot that from your car window, resting the camera on the window frane? I zoomed way jn to perhaps find tell tale info, and the image stayed pretty damn sharp. But, you didn't leave me enough clues to nail the location. 
Ahh, Kramer Junction! What a place! I backed my car into a light pole there once...
Carl, no need to go insane, it's Vidal junction. CA 62 and US 95. Gateway to the fabulous Turtle Mountains, home of picturesque geological wonders. Guess what? I just realized that the posted jpeg exif contains the GPS coordinates...open the jpeg in Preview and behold the wonder of modern technology!
The shot is looking WNW just after sundown.
I got out of the car, and shot approx. 10 overlapping horizontal frames, handheld, with the Zeiss 50/2.
Here's a pano of what I've named Two Tone Butte, in the northern Turtle Mountains.
