joshua tree national park: Spring Perambulations in Joshua Tree
- 03/16/12 05:37 AM
Spring is here and I've been wanting an excuse to visit Joshua Tree National Park—our local desert treasure. My cousin's visit to the Palm Springs valley provided the excuse for a memorable day trip this week. With Joan donning the chauffeur's cap and me directing, four of us piled into the car on a balmy spring day and entered the park's southern entrance at Cottonwood Springs just 30 miles from our front door. Added to the nation's jewel box of national parks in 1994—sixty years after Teddy Roosevelt first proclaimed it a National Monument—Joshua Tree is easily the most unique swath … (0 comments)
A report of nascent wildflowers dancing in my head, I coaxed my husband, Kirk, into an impromptu day trip to nearby Joshua Tree National Park on a glorious end-of-March spring day here in the Coachella Valley desert.
Exactly 30 miles door-to-door from our La Quinta home to the huge park’s south entrance, the easy trip there was itself a treat—the craggy Little San Bernadino Mountains flanking the park’s southwest border and the Interstate 10 garishly decked in spring flowers. It was as if Johnny Appleseed had strewn wildflower seeds along the shoulder and meridian. The entire … (1 comments)
Spring is here and I've been wanting an excuse to visit Joshua Tree National Park—our local desert treasure. My cousin's visit to the Palm Springs valley provided the excuse for a memorable day trip this week.
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