We drove on from Mojave National Preserve today through equally desolate landscape. We came across another section of the old Route 66 before arriving at the Joshua Tree National Park from the Oasis entrance.
It's been cold at nights and so fantastic weather for making campfires. We've been cooking up most of our chow out over the fires.
We found a campsite at Jumbo Rocks (so cool as campsites go) -- massive smooth rocks piled up in little bundles all over the landscape. They make for great shelter when camping and give it a very other-wordly feel.
We just kicked back most of the afternoon, except for a ramble the four of us took through the rocks with a scramble up for a better look.
Nath has taken to drawing Xs in the sand ahead of the boys when they're hiking behind him. They're convinced there's a pirate's bounty up for grabs and we now have to buy a shovel (in case they see any more Xs).
It's been cold at nights and so fantastic weather for making campfires. We've been cooking up most of our chow out over the fires.
The National Park is actually part Mojave Desert and part Colorado Desert, with the names really referring to the deserts above and below 3,000 feet respectively rather than lines on a map.
We're camping above 3,000 feet and so we're seeing jackrabbits and joshua trees (and squirrels of course).
