We are on a three year rotation for desert camping right
now. Death Valley National Park, Anza-Borrego
Desert State
Park, and Joshua
Tree National
Park. Each has its charms, and each represents a
different face of the desert.
Death Valley is vast, with
dunes, extremes of temperature and elevation, salt flats, slot canyons, and
more. Anza-Borrego is part of the Colorado (Sonora) desert, and is
filled with flowers after a wet winter.
Joshua Tree is mostly the high desert - the Mojave.
(Although the south part of the park is in the Colorado.)
We returned to Joshua Tree this February, and brought some
friends who had never been. This time, while we revisited a number of our
favorite places, we also saw some new trails. I was able to take a lot more
pictures this time too - last time, my camera died midway through the trip. I
was also able to use the longer zoom to capture a number of birds this time.
My previous post (linked above) has more on the natural
history of the park, if you want to read further.
Here are the best of the pictures from this trip:
Ladder-backed Woodpecker
Me and the kids.
Cactus Wren
The iconic Joshua Tree
Desert Cottontail
Greater Roadrunner
Why you should camp at Joshua Tree...
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