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What An Odd Place

March 17, 2020 in photography, RV, Travel | Tags: Full Time, outdoors, photography, Photos, RV, Travel | 1 comment

As promised, here are some shots from our two trips to Joshua Tree National Park. What a weird, desolate place with a rugged beauty. Nice place to visit, but….

Cottonwood Spring, Joshua Tree NP 11/14/19

Cholla Cactus Garden, Joshua Tree NP 11/14/19

Joshua Trees, Joshua Tree NP 11/14/19

Joshua Tree NP 2/25/20

A really old Joshua Tree, Joshua Tree NP 2/25/20

Petroglyphs, Joshua Tree NP 2/25/20

Palm Springs. Twice.

March 8, 2020 in photography, RV, Travel | Tags: Full Time, outdoors, photography, Photos, RV, Travel | 3 comments

Our last stop before heading to San Diego for the holidays was in the Palm Springs area. Our first stop after leaving San Diego was … Palm Springs. I’m combining both of these stops into this post because, quite frankly, I need to catch up!

We both liked the Palm Springs area. There was lots of natural beauty to enjoy, some good dining opportunities, and the people watching was fantastic. Among other things, we enjoyed a gondola ride to the top of Mt. San Jacinto, visited the Coachella Preserve a couple of times, and went to Joshua Tree National Park twice (more on that in the next post). The weather was mild and it was a nice place to wind down after a season on the road as well as to wind up a couple of months later to get back into the rhythm. When the chance presents itself we will be happy to return. Again.

The ride to the top of Mt. San Jacinto. The view below is of Palm Springs with some of the many wind farms to the left. Mt. San Jacinto SP, 11/11/19

The view from the top. Mt. San Jacinto SP, 11/11/19

The view from Mt. San Jacinto SP, 11/11/19

The Thousand Palms Oasis in the Coachella Preserve 11/21/19

Palms lining the year-round spring in the Indian Canyons 2/21/20

A spring in the Indian Canyons 2/21/20

A Native American shelter in Indian Canyons 2/21/20

Back to Vegas

March 3, 2020 in Camping, photography, RV, Travel | Tags: nature, outdoors, photography, Photos, RV, Travel | 2 comments

As I mentioned here, between Patti heading back east for family duty and the cat requiring an inordinate amount of attention, we missed doing a couple of items on our Vegas hit list. So, back to Sin City it was so that we could, among other things, go to Red Rock Canyon and the Valley of Fire State Park. It was totally worth the return, so much so that we will go back again when given the chance. Beautiful country, enjoyable walks, even getting up close to some bighorn sheep. I’ll let the photos speak for themselves.