Sunday, February 21, 2010

Joshua Tree National Park

 

About a mile into the North side of the park looking back at 29 Palms Marine Base.

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Hazy but the base is in the valley at the base of the mountains.

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Cloudy broken sky

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The trees that name the park.

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Boulder rocks forced up out of the earth.

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This is a camp site!

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Looking Southeast over the desert floor.

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Its about 40 miles of corners and hills with a 35 mile an hour speed limit.  Sand blows across the road in places, and boondock camp sites were mostly full.  Tent camping or small trailers on most site.  We saw about 4 motorhomes and they were mostly smallish. 

No water anywhere, and latrines are the only facilities.  Overwhelming IT factor!

Retired Rod

3 comments:

  1. Beautiful area. We loved Joshua Tree NP. We saw one of the best sunsets we've ever seen there!

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  2. I love those joshua trees. Thanks for the pictures.

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  3. Joshua tree National Park organization was incorporated 1962 as the primary educational partner for Joshua Tree National Park, to provide high quality informational products, services and programs to park visitors, and the global community.

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