Monday, December 30, 2013

Joshua Tree National Park: an oasis, some even better rocks, and a lookout

First thing on March 13, we visited a small oasis, the Oasis of Mara.  It's just a couple of small clumps of palm trees, but it was an important water source back in the day:



Next, we went to see the Arch rock and hike the trail around it.  Here's me and the Arch:


The best part of this trail was actually off the beaten path, in behind the arch rock.  We climbed over a rock, squeezed through a couple others, and came out to these natural paths in between some really cool rock formations:







Next, we went to hike the Skull rock trail.  Here's the skull:




After that, a lookout.  This looks to the valley southwest of the park.



Driving back towards the hotel, we passed through some groves of Joshua trees where they were particularly lush and tree-like:




... and that was March 13.  Next up ... March 14!  Can you believe it?  Coming soon ...













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