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

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

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

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

Photo is Final Climb to Red Cathedral View Point Friday & Saturday March 22nd, 23rd Death Valley Hikes On Friday, Yeti and I did a fabulous hike in Golden Canyon/Gower Gulch. It was a loop hike.

2024-03-17 to 21 - Picture is at Samuelson's Rocks, the First Message Karin and her husband Jim came to visit us in Joshua Tree. We had lunch at a Farmer’s Market and then did a hike in JTNP to

Photo is the Small Dam we hiked thru a wash to get to 2024-03-16 Today Melanie & I did three hikes, first to Wall Street Mill where there is a stamp mill that one man was killed in a gunfight

Photo from Hidden Valley - Note Birdlike rock near top Joshua Tree RV Campground Tues – Thurs, March 13,14 After our jaunt to Star Mount and another quick night in Indio, we headed to Joshua Tree.

2024-03-11 We called the Star Mount folks & said we were only 2 1/2 hours away & could we deliver it. They said come on down so we drove over to their office. They took the unit apart &

2024-03-08 & 09 - Picture is Sandy who is the first Desert Trail "Trail Angel" I have had. She gave me fresh straw berries & an orange slice plus good conversation. A real nice lady. This