Joshua Tree National Park Pics...

[marina]

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just came back from Joshua Tree - a beautiful national park only 2 hours East of Los Angeles.. If you want to visit Joshua tree, check out their site http://www.nps.gov/jotr/

Nick, Doug and I went overnight to hike and camp. It was amazingly beautiful. A little hot during the day (about 35C/95F) and cool at night (about 10C/55F). We got to see a sidewinder (a rattle snake!!!!!!), a lot of rabbits, chipmunks, squirrels, hundreds of lizards and a bunch of other desert wildlife. The desert was blooming and full of life, day and night. The moon was almost full and very bright - it lit the desert so well we didn't even need a flashlight.

There was only one sad thing - the air pollution in the park. The winds blow some of L.A. smog inland, often making the desert hazy and hurting the air quality. As soon as I can afford a hybrid car, I will get one! Meanwhile, I recycle everything I can and hope you do too! ;)

All in all, it was a wonderful mini-trip.
Check out a few pictures - I really wanted to share them with you!

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[marina]

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[James]

Joshua Tree is beautiful! Thank you for sharing!

[shikatoi]

I love Joshua Tree! Awesome photos, looks like you guys had a great time. Did you get to the top of Oh Bay yoyo?

david

[marina]

hi David smile.gif (thanks, James!)
we went to Keys View, and camped at Jumbo Rocks. Where is Oh Bay yoyo? cute name smile.gif
the pics were mostly taken by Nick and some by me and some by my friend Doug.
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[DougFreeze.com]

Oh Man! I missed it.
You guys should announce these get-a-ways once in a while so a bunch of us can get together and enjoy nature to the fullest as you 3 did. That would be fun.
I've been by Joshua Tree many a times to visit my parents in Palm Desert but have never stopped.
You even got a picture of the snake. cool

Talk to you soon,
Doug Freeze
DougFreeze.com (http://dougfreeze.com)

[fairmaiden11]

Joshua Tree is awesome. Great place to rock climb! You guys should get together with me and my coworkers sometime. We work over at Outland Mountain shop, right by Borders Pasadena, and we climb together all the time. It would be great fun! I bet we even have gear for you guys. smile.gif

Love,
Jen

[marina]

Originally posted by DougFreeze:
You even got a picture of the snake. cool
DougFreeze.com (http://dougfreeze.com) it was my first time seeing a rattle snake in the wild!!!!!

[marina]

Originally posted by fairmaiden11:
We work over at Outland Mountain shop, right by Borders Pasadena, and we climb together all the time. Jen - that's really cool.. i might stop by one of these days!!

[Alex Kharlamov]

Wow, beautiful! Cool stones, snakes, trees... You even found a very rare hare... I think it's the only venomous kind on Earth, called the Fire Hare. So it's good that you guys got home safe, unbitten by the Hare.

Lyosha

[SimKristen]

Beautiful photos. Will have to visit next time we are out that way. Hope you are well. Thanks for sharing the photos! Love, Kristen