South to Spring | Anza Borrego Part 1

We left Joshua Tree National Park and were still headed south in our quest to find spring. We were headed just about as far south as you can get without a passport, Anza Borrego State Park. At nearly 600,000 acres Anza Borrego is large for a state park, and overall it isn’t overly developed either. We were starting to see some wildflower reports so our timing was looking good.

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Video: Strolling Through Joshua Tree | South to Spring Episode 4

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

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South to Spring | Hiking Joshua Tree

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.

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