We did not have high expectations of Joshua Tree National Park: we had seen a few (million) Joshua Trees en route to Laughlin and did not find them interesting or attractive. Indeed, the Joshua Tree is not even a tree. But JTNP is a vast place, encompassing much of two major desert systems, the Mojave and the Colorado, and there is much to look at and do apart from the Joshua Trees. They're only in the Mojave part of the park anyway.
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This is a Joshua Tree, one of the bigger and
healthier specimens...seen one... |
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We were rather taken by the rocks in the park, the Mojave part,
and conversations with a ranger led us to camp first at the Jumbo
Rocks campground |
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| Thus |
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| Our campsite |
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And the next morning we explored a bit more of the ground
behind our campsite |
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| And I'll just let the pix take over... |
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| Ouch! |
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Across the loop, campers included a young couple from
Australia, a party from Big Timber, Montana, and a guy from
Ontario |
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| Looking back across to our site |
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| Thus |
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We had already resolved to spend a little more time in this
park, to see all the interesting formations |
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