Our
last stop in California
was Joshua Tree National Park – a park that preserves and highlights desert
ecosystems. Bill reserved a campsite in the heart of the park at Jumbo Rocks.
We
explored the park on several short hiking trails and saw LOTS of Joshua Trees.
(It isn’t really a tree, but that’s what they are called).
Our
first trail took us to a great viewpoint.
As
it was Halloween it only seemed appropriate to stop at these places.
Here’s
Skull Rock.
We
saw petroglyphs.
We
got an expansive 360-degree view at Keys View (5185 ft) where it was so windy
we couldn’t stand straight and had to hold glasses on.
We
drove a ways through barren land – no greenery, no Joshua trees, no trees at
all - then all the sudden came upon lots of Cholla Cactus. We walked the short
trail through the Cholla
Cactus Garden.
It
was interesting and fun to explore this environment that is very different from
our area.
This
ends the sightseeing part of our trip, but we still have visits with friends
and family, Community Bible Study Training, and a long drive home.
Hard
to believe, but this is our 200th post. Thanks for following us along on some
or all of our adventures. :-)
