Visiting Joshua Tree National Park

We visited the Joshua Tree National Park and loved it! It is sure a gorgeous place!
It is very hot in the summer so we decide to go in February and the temperature was in the 70s and cooler in the evening.

The desert was blooming!

Joshua Tree is a species of yucca. Like other desert plants, its waxy, spiny leaves expose little surface area, efficiently conserving moisture. Joshua Trees can grow over 40 feet tall.

By the 19th century, Mormons immigrants had made their way across the Colorado River. Legend has it that these pioneers named the tree after the biblical figure, Joshua, seeing the limbs of the tree as outstretched in supplication, guiding the travelers westward.

This place is full of Joshua Trees everywhere

We were told that people come from different parts of the world to do rock climbing here

Look careful and there are some people climbing the rock mountain behind Gordon

We did not do the rock climbing thing. We did the flat trails and enjoyed seeing the people that were climbing the rocks

Getting back in the car and going back on the road to our next stop.


Joshua Trees all along the road here. Very enjoyable ride!



Also gorgeous rock hills along the road


Parking areas at many of the stop were full. It's a very well attended park.
Can't believe we only live about an hour and a half from here and have not visited before.