Joshua Tree National Park

Today's Travels in Moby brings us to Joshua Tree National Park. That's one less park we need to go to now for the big trip in the summer. JT, as the climbers call it, consists of the Colorado Desert on the east side and the Mohave Desert on the west side. You can clearly see the transition zone between the two deserts via the change in vegetation and landscape. Most of the cholla trees are located on the east side while the Joshua trees are located on the west side. Speaking of climbers, this place is a first class climbing park. We saw plenty of rock climbers today. The campsites here are pretty cool and unique too. The sites are nestled by giant rocks giving a sort of natural privacy screen and wind buffer. Hiking trails are pretty neat because of the big stacked rocks and cholla/Joshua trees. We managed to get a few small hikes in but our favorite for the day was the Hidden Valley Loop. Surrounded by rock walls and lush vegetation and trees, it is like miniature world containing cholla, Joshua, prickly pear cacti, and other vegetation. This is one of the wife's favorite parks because of the unique vegetation and desert landscape.