To J-tree we go

Waking up on the beach was a new experience and driving out at low tide was a lot easier than the drive in, the beach was like a highway on the way out. From Pismo we continued south to Santa Barbara where the sun finally came out. Our entire trip down the coast has been in gloom so far so when the sun came out we stopped and enjoyed the water and the rays. We walked along the beach and out on to Stearn's Wharf where we had lunch and watched a pod of dolphins swim by.
From there we set our sights back inland and headed for Joshua Tree National Park. The drive took us much longer than we had expected and we got into J-tree later than we wanted, but driving through the big rocks and the trees under a near full moon was super cool. We camped for the night enjoying the very calm and very quiet desert at night.
The next day we spent the entire day exploring the fine points of J-tree in the 104 degree heat, but at least we had sunshine. A highlight of the day was a 3 mile hiked to the 49 Palm Oasis which was the first Ginger and I had ever seen. It was truly unbelievable to see the palm trees and plants sprouting in the middle of the barren desert. After our hike and our best J-tree impressions we called it a night, went back to camp made dinner and off to bed.


















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Location:Joshua Tree CA