Monday, February 20, 2012

Day 38 ~ Wide Open Spaces Tour 2012 ~ Joshua Tree CA

Our first "dry camping" experience was interesting . . . 

Interesting HUGE Joshua Tree National Park with no cell service, no satellite, no antenna TV, and of course no internet!  We met someone who was "from" Clarkston and now is a Park Ranger!


Enjoy pictures:

Big rabbit.

This was the only wild life we saw....

The mountains almost touch the clouds

More desert


Weird rocks


More granite-like



Cholla Cactus Garden


Blackbird


White cactus with yellow flowers

These rocks almost looked fake

Rocks

and more Rocks...






Big rocks

I know these probably just look like rocks to you, but they were sooo cool


Arch Rock










This sucker is heav v v v y...






We finally see our first Joshua Tree



It kinda looks like a Pine Tree with Cactus for branches

Would you believe 70* F during the day and snow at night...






What a difference an hour of mountain sunshine makes on several inches of snow


Already melting on the ground but snow still on the mountain tops

Warm on the ground and snow in the mountains


I knew it was windy, but I'm glad he caught that gust instead of me

When we came over the top of the hill we saw this huge expanse with a town 20+ miles away





I never thought I'd see Palm trees and snow in the same picture

Now that hill is in the clouds

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