Photo: Yeti on the Big Wall I am updating the blog to cover the time spent recovering in Twenty-nine Palms and heading down to the Anza Borrego State Park at Highway S2, where we would meet Jac for
Read more Desert Trail 2026 Monday, April 6th Mecca, CA
Photo: Amargosa River Trail Next morning we headed up to Shoshone where we had a reservation at the RV park there. We stopped first in Tecopah to go to the Kit Fox Café. They were closed until later
Read more Desert Trail 2026 March 21-26 Shoshone and Twenty-nine Palms
Photo: Intimidating Rock Wall Wildhorse Mesa We drove from Twentynine Palms to Kelso Dunes Campground where we found a shaded spot under trees. There were no other people in the campground and we had
Read more Desert Trail 2026 March 18, 19, 20 Kelso Dunes CG, Kelso Depot TH to Wildhorse Mesa and Return
Photo: Mel in wash near Willow Hole Today we did a lovely 7+ mile hike to Willow Hole. I had done this one with Charlotte, the French woman we met the last time we were down here. It starts out on
Read more Desert Trail 2026 March 17 Joshua Tree National Park: Willow Hole hike
Photo: Mel on trail JTNP Today we hiked in the park. We started out in the town of Joshua Tree for breakfast at the fabulous Crossroads Café. Our town guide was a bit behind the times and had the
Read more Desert Trail 2026 March 16 Joshua Tree National Park
Photo: Casa De Mojave Twentynine Palms Sunday is a catch all day to do journal posts, organize photos, name photos, ID wildflowers, and catch up on paperwork. Also, time to plan our next move. I may
Read more Desert Trail 2026 March 15 – Twenty-nine Palms
Photo: Desert Tortoise Got up early and headed out from the campground on an old jeep track. Lovely cool morning again, trail filled with wildflowers and loaded down with water! The first five miles
Read more Desert Trail 2026 March 13-14 Cottonwood CG to Eagle Mt. Road
Photo: Boulders on Mastadon Peak Trail Early in the a.m. we drove from the BLM camp to the border of Joshua Tree NP entrance near Chiriaco Summit. Yeti donned his pack and was going to do the 9.5
Read more Desert Trail 2026 March 12-13 Cottonwood Campground
Photo: Melanie & Petroglyph in Joshua Tree March 7 – 11 Indio – Chiriaco Summit, CA After leaving Borrego Springs, we went over to Mecca where the trail continued and were going to maybe stay
Read more Desert Trail 2026 March 7-11
Photo: Moon in the morning on Harper Flat Yeti and I had spent the night before in Bow Willow Campground, which was almost full. A bit of a surprise as the last time I’d been through there it was
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