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Friday, February 20, 2015

Hiking Joshua Tree National Park

eight of us headed out to explore this morning. . .

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but first, we must stop at Coco’s
for nourishment and strength to make it through the day. . .

purty tasty vittles. . .

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and then, sixty miles away. . .the Main Attraction. . .

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the Joshua Trees

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and the rock formations are just fabulous

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we were very sad to find we had just missed the spring bloom. . .bummer

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pics must be taken. . .

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at every moment from every angle. . .LOL!

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now. . .whad’da’ya think that rock looks like?

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Dave’s never met a rock pile he didn’t feel the need to climb. . .

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a beautiful path. . .although this view is very deceptive. . .

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there was a lot of climbing, and scrambling
over rock piles and steps before the day was done. . .

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almost two miles. . .(I don’t care what the sign said)
my blisters had blisters. . .


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as you can imagine. . .Joshua Tree NP
is a mecca for rock climbing. . .

we saw these guys all over the park.. .

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and last, but not least. . .Skull Rock

another beautiful National Park. . .well done!

See you next time at Salton Sea,

’til then,
Janice and Dave

 

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