We made it as far as Joshua Tree National Park. In this episode we cover a couple of hikes where we were able to get out and enjoy the diversity of the park. Join us as we stroll through the Maze loop and Black Canyon, and the Panorama Loop. https://youtu.be/zCUj7V7hC0U
Joshua Tree wasn’t really on the list for this trip. We’d been before and had spent several days touring, hiking and camping in the park. We had a lot of other places on our list. It just so happened that we were going to be in the neighborhood after a day of trip chores. A trip into town to catch up on things we needed to do after a couple weeks on the road: laundry, a trip to the store and new tires had all been checked off the list. We needed a place to camp for the night. We headed to Joshua Tree National Park.
As we left Death Valley and headed south we drove through the town of Shoshone. It’s always fun to see the price of regular unleaded there, the day we passed through it was $5.99. Only close to double what we had paid through Idaho and Nevada to get here.
As we continued south toward Baker there was a near steady stream of enormous three story RV’s with names like Adrenaline, Voltage, Sandstorm, Rag’n, Man Cave, Attitude and Stealth. Ok Stealth, you aren’t sneaking up on anybody with your three axles and 50′ length. Someone actually gets paid to think up names for these things! The weekend was winding down and the dunes were emptying of what appeared to be thousands of OHV enthusiasts. I’m glad they have someplace to go and congregate, so we know where to avoid. Welcome back to “civilization.”
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