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March 08 - Joshua Tree National Park
This desert national park is about 2 hours drive from Pasadena. Some hiking, beautiful scenes and lots of driving through sleepy towns...

 We went for a 3 mile hiking trail in the desert.  The Oasis Visitor Center in Twentynine Palms gives you all the info you need about this National Park.  Oxgaard's red Ford in Twentynine Palms.  The winter had brought one or two inches of rain - enough to make some grass and bushes grow!  Red, dusty and rocky.  Raz on the trail.  As you can see, it is a desert National Park.  The trail went up and down, quite a slope actually!  Raz shooting a cactus  Some yellow flowers were blooming  The bushes had tiny green leaves  Raz on the trail, nearing the end  What's uuuup?  Some of the palms seemed to have been burnt  Raz also taking photos  Palm  The palms in the oasis gave some shelter from the sun  Yep, the trail ended at the Fortynine Palms' Oasis  The sleepy town called Twentynine Palms  The peak of the trail provided a nice view.  Heading the same way back.  More Joshuas  When yucca palms grow big, they become  After the hike, we went on a route through the park by car  Looks lika an album cover, eeehhh?  Dizzy  Nice Joshuas by the rocks  View south east towards Palm Springs and a salt lake  Raz checking the info  Raz reading while the sun sets  Sun set, again  Sun set