Sunday, July 9, 2023

Joshua Tree National Park

 

Today Offspring #2 and I drove to Joshua Tree National Park which was about a 2 hour drive from Oceanside. We drove 3 hours through the park although we did stop for lunch on a rock in the shade. Then we had a 3 hour drive back to Los Angeles.


The haze is smog from Los Angeles.

A Joshua tree is really a shrub, a yucca plant, that grew tall like a tree in these specific upland conditions. Temperatures in the park today ranged from 89 to 109 degrees. The upper regions were cooler and had a nice breeze. The hottest temps were on the floor of the valley.

We also saw chollo cactus and other plants. We didn't see any wildlife other than insects and squirrels.

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