Posted in Hiking, Nature, Wildflowers on 20 September, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Sunday, 28 June 2009:
Given that this hike was nearly 3 months ago, I will let the photos tell the story of a lovely little walk Sarah & I did with our friend Linda. We were happy to see a fairly large number of late-season wildflowers blooming among the dry grasses covering the hillsides.
Trail
Posted in Hiking, Nature, Photography, Travel, Wildflowers on 27 July, 2009 | 7 Comments »
Tuesday, 28 April, 2009 (continued from here):
We briefly visited the Cottonwood Visitor’s Center, which unsurprisingly had much the same information as the other two park entrance stations, then drove a few more miles to the Cottonwood Oasis, the trailhead for the Mastodon Loop we were going to hike. After talking for a few with a [...]
Posted in Birding, Hiking, Nature, Photography, Travel, Wildflowers on 13 July, 2009 | 17 Comments »
Monday, 27 April 2009 (Continued from here):
We were a bit peckish after our pretty drive on Geology Tour Road, and Split Rock looked to have a picnic/day-use area, so we headed there. At road’s end is the namesake rock, true to its name with a big split down its center. We settled into some yummy [...]
Posted in Birding, Hiking, Nature, Photography, Travel, Wildflowers on 4 July, 2009 | 14 Comments »
Sunday, 26 April 2009 (continued from here):
After our lovely hike at Lost Horse Mine, we decided it was about Beer O’Clock, so we found a nice turnout near Hidden Valley and walked over to an enticing boulder and enjoyed a brew and some cheese.
Joshua Trees and funky rocks
Posted in Birding, Hiking, Nature, Photography, Travel, Wildflowers on 29 June, 2009 | 10 Comments »
Sunday, 26 April 2009 (continued from here):
After a light breakfast we drove into Joshua Tree National Park and headed to the trailhead for the Lost Horse Mine. We hit the trail at 8:45 with only one other car in the parking area – sweet!
The trail angled through some Joshua Tree woodland before becoming more chaparral’y. [...]
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