Joshua Tree National Park

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Very nice desert NP in the desert at the border of Colorado and Mojave deserts, with unique trees, rocky formations, surprising variety of wildlife and many walking trails.

• In Joshua Tree NP you will see a lot of... well... Joshua trees!
• First few Joshua Trees, after which the park was named;-)
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• This must be an old guy...
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• Joshua trees are about the only things that provide some shade
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• Trees and rocks make some amazing sceneries
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• A gate tree
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• Fruits of the Joshua Tree
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• Detail of the tree trunk and branches
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• But also lot of interesting rock formations
• Some rock formations...
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• These are a bit boring, but there are some other:
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• The Skull Rock - looks like skull but only from afar
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• This rock looks more like a face
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• Belly button:-)
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• and, ... ahem...:-)
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• Joshua Tree park is very popular for climbers - these even bring their own falling pads
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• I didn't bring falling pad so I only went as high as this:-)
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• So where do we go next? There seem to be some diagreements among the crew...
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• Look there!
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• Shoko is signalling something
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• Finally we found the Barker Dam - swimming (in the sand?) is forbidden...
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• So there is a dam, after all! In the middle of desert! That explains how come there could be so much wildlife
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• Wildlife
• Such as desert tortoise. The guide said it's rare so we were apparently lucky to see it. Credit goes to Imelda, who spotted it first!
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• Look but don't touch
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• As we were having our lunch...
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• ...a blue bird flew to us and started searching for some crumbs. Sorry mate, feeding wildlife is banned
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• Lizards are of course omnipresent
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• But there was also a rabbit!
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• In a heroic attempt to shoot the rabbit (with camera!), Imel stumbled and sat on this: ouch! Fortunately she sustained no permanent injuries:-)
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• But if you are careful, cactus can be very beautiful like this one...
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• ...or this one
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• Old dead tree pointing in all directions
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• This tree is alive and blossoming
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• Time to head back: don't forget to drink a lot of water! Yes, sir!
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