A  RETURN  TRIP TO JOSHUA TREE

2/21/15

While in the area of Salton Sea this day, David and I decided to see Joshua Tree again but this time we entered through the south entrance (vs the north the first time) which is off I-10, about a half hours drive from where we were.  

It was much different than our first trip, yet still interesting as the Joshua Trees we saw on our first visit were at a higher altitude than where we were and this entrance was basically a "shortcut highway" to Twenty Nine Palms or a "over the hill" destination, thus no trees.

Yet we still viewed new things like these cacti:

Then we came across these Cholla cacti along with their warning:

But they are beautiful so here's some individual pics of them as well as showing they blanket an entire valley (last pic.) Notice it's "babies" in this photo.

For those in the north and midwest, hate to say but it was 82 here.  Hope you enjoyed these travel photos and David and I will be returning again!

Greg