Joshua Tree NP
The photo speaks for itself, "Entering Joshua Tree National Park"! We came in from the South Entrance (off I-10), which ended up being very fortunate since it put us at Cottonwood Springs campground first.
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Whimsical ocotillo trees
No wonder Dr. Seuss seemed like he had such an active imagination...
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With red flowers against the desert sky
We were lucky enough to be there just as all the desert flowers came into bloom!
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Setting up camp at Cottonwood Springs campground
The photo makes it look like we're out in the middle of the desert with no one else around :-). Luckily for us, we got one of the few remaining sites in the *entire* park that day!
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Our beautiful new North Face tent
In fact, we were camping in a developed campsite, with an RV (caravan) parked just across the road from us. Too bad! But we had good views from our tent facing the other way.
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Cactus blooms
And if you look carefully, a lizard is lounging on the cactus branches.
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Pretty flowers
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Very unfriendly cholla cactus
Which dug into Yu-Han's leg when he brushed against it... later we would be told that these cacti are often called "jumping cholla"
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Ocotillo in the desert landscape
And serving as Yu-Han's headpiece too :-)
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A panorama of the Sonoran desert landscape
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A poofy looking oddity
was actually a tree or bush completely covered by a vining plant...
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A big ocotillo!
In the "Ocotillo Patch"
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Fuzzy-looking jumping chollas
From our previous experience, we knew there was nothing fuzzy about them at all! They're called jumping chollas b/c people jump at the pain of being pricked, and the fact the cacti "jump" a ride of the person's legs!
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A cholla flower
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Jump! Jump!
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A kangaroo rat resting comfortably inside a cholla
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