First a disclaimer. There are a lot of pics in this post. Believe it or not I spent a good deal of time pairing down to what I'm documenting here. Whatcha gonna do?
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Welcome to Joshua Tree
Dear Mai,
I hope that one of the life values you inherit from us is exploration. You seem to already be loving that part of life and love to check out new and unknown things. That's good. Keep it up. And when you get old enough, head back to Joshua Tree National park and plan for like 3 days of exploration. The place is crazy cool. In fact Mama and I are thinking about heading back to do some exploring sans a 1 year old. We'll map out a path for you when you get old enough.
There is no way I can do this place justice with our phone cameras and a few words. Don't get me wrong, I'll try but...
Check us out exploring the park as a family! Go Team Castañeda
First the landscape is incredible. We got to check out the Mojave desert and the Colorado desert.
We loved all the desert vegetation. Especially the Joshua Tree itself. We tried to get a little artsy with some of the pictures. We're just not that good at it.
Mama was worried we were going to get bit by a snake and kept her eyes on the snake holes.
Then there are the rocks. The rock formations were out of this world.
Skull Rock was crazy fun to explore.
At the elevation height of the park there is an overlook where you can see St. Andrea's Fault and Mexico.
As we exited the park we found this awesome little cafe called Crossroads in the quirky little town of Joshua Tree, California. We made friends with another couple that had a baby your age and had some good food.. It was the end to a perfect first visit to the park.
We'll put this on our list of places to visit again. Until then know that you got an "A+" for your day at Joshua Tree.
Much love my dear,
Daddy