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Best. Campsite. Ever.

The road from Henderson to Joshua Tree National Park is a piece of work. First, you cruise on the (no association to the park). There are joshua trees everywhere, ten times as many as in the National Park. Then you make your way through the Mojave Desert National Preserve, which, as you rise and fall in elevation, you go through strata of dense* vegetation of a certain type (e.g. a nice big cholla patch). Next, you reach a long stretch of road with no gas, even though the map has a number of towns listed. Who ever heard of a town without gas!? Then there is a nice little highway underpass perfectly suited for passing the time until the AAA man comes with a spare gallon of gas. Then you cruise into Joshua Tree National Park.

I've been through JTNP once before, but only for the briefest of visits. This time was longer, but only barely. There was time, however, to discover possibly the best campsite ever (pictured above). The campground was nearly empty, and I got in just after sunset. The spot I selected was nestled between two gigantic boulders. The temperature was perfect and there were no bugs around to disturb me and my Little Cesear's Pizza which I picked up in 29 Palms. Waking up, the looked just as good (and the leftover pizza wasn't half bad either).

Yep, Joshua Tree National Park will need to be visited again. Then, I might even stay a whole day!

Wednesday May 9 2007

File under: travel, road trip

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on Wed 09th May, 2007 06:44 pm PDT Jule said:
Hey kids, who wants to drive through the cactus patch? (for those of you who don't watch the simpsons, ignore that one.) Nice campsite though!
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on Wed 09th May, 2007 09:06 pm PDT Saxtor said:
Thanks for the Joshua Tree pictures, as it is more than I saw when I visited. When I was there, the rain was so heavy, we couldn't see the front of the car, let alone the road in front of us. You've never lived until you've driven in a car with the other passenger in full "WE'RE GOING TO DIE RIGHT THIS SECOND!" panic-mode. Oi.

Did you see the cool fence made of junk as you enter the park from the North?
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on Wed 09th May, 2007 10:28 pm PDT Mom said:
Oh Geez, I was just going to cancel your AAA because, hey, who needs it with a scooter. So did you send smoke signals to get AAA or what?
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on Wed 09th May, 2007 11:57 pm PDT Ryan Walters said:
Joshua Tree! Did you visit Ryan Mountain??
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on Thu 10th May, 2007 07:27 am PDT amanda said:
mom makes a darn good point. and those towns without gas, isn't that what we are striving for? ;)
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