Harmony Motel Twentynine Palms

... whole lot of creosote bush scrub and some curious cacti gardens. Further in the scenery transitions to the Mojave Desert. The temperature falls, granite outcroppings pierce the Pinto Gneiss and of course the tree-sized Yuccas that are the Joshua Trees appear then get bigger and more abundant.

After walking through cacti, clambering over rocks and resisting the urge to hug a Joshua tree I drove up the look out at Mt Ryan and watched the sun go down over the San Jacinto ...

... fait une randonne. Laurelie a marche presque tout le long (environ 3km).

Les nuits sont plutot froides (0 celcius) mais nous sommes bien au chaud dans nos cocons. Nous sommes reveilles par les hurlements des coyotes. Cela nous rappelle ou nous sommes.

Demain nous roulons vers San Diego. Hotel, bonne douche chaude, piscine, chaleur et wifi sont au menu. Ensuite, hola mexico!!!!!

... einen tag in diesem ziemlich kargen nationalpark, welcher von den eigenartigen joshua trees und den kaktusfeldern lebt. viel mehr gibt's hier nicht zu berichten und so ist es auch perfekt, dass jetzt wieder eine amerikanische grosstadt auf uns wartet, san diego.

... und mag, kennt auch die Joshua Trees vom
Cover der CD) und fuer die sandfarbenen Felsformationen, die ein
Highlight fuer jeden Kletterer sind. Kommt man aber von Sueden in den
Park hinein, findet man von beidem ... nichts. Direkt im Visitor Center
steht dann auch eine Bemerkung, man solle sich gedulden - der Suedosten
waere anders, aber im Nordwesten gaebe es jede Menge. Der Park ist
extrem weitlaeufig und gross und so bin ich also fast eine Stunde
Joshua Tree National Park, California, United States 1086540

So I make half the distance across the Mojave, but didn't realize that several spokes were broken. The tire was bad out of round and rubbed with every crank of the pedals. I became fatigued after uphilling for several miles. I stop for a rest and the begin the second half of my inventoried water consumption. A woman in a Mercury Mariner hits the brakes. She stops to help me, Merry, Thankyou! I hadn't signaled anyone to stop, but seeing me sitting on the side of the road, she felt ...

vidal to the desert.... stayed 28 miles east of 29 palms. This was a very difficult day of riding I got an early start because I was going to be facing the winds going thru the desert. 72 miles 33 max 10.3 ave 7 hours ride time temp hit 102 (it was hot but I dont think it was that hot) The first part of my day was actually fun because for the first 10 miles ...

... National Park. Joseph and I are not tree buffs, we actually were interested in bouldering at the park. Yet, once again we were amazed by the trees in California; these were odd shaped trees, and reminded us of The Lorax (Dr. Seuss book). We hiked and climbered around the strange, orange boulders that bunched and clumped and stacked all over the landscape. Friday night we rested up (yeah, right) for our last day in ...

Today we took the car and went for a drive about 40 minutes east and north of here, to Eagle Mountain, California, known as a modern-day ghost town. Greg, having driven by there for years on his way to Phoenix, had always wanted to explore the area, which is about 10 miles off the highway. The drive out there was beatiful, with bright sun and puffy clouds making the landscape a protrait in light and shadows. The following is what ...

... against the water's edge. After two hours of hiking along the creek my dad suddenly stopped. Aravaipa Canyon stood immense and hundreds of feet high. Streaks of minerals, deposited eons ago, provided contrast to the burnished brown canyon. Other canyon walls were chalk white and cavernous. Saguaros precariously clung above our heads. We stopped and had a quick bite in the autumn sun, and discussed how water, wind and time formed this ...

Yesterday and Today i went to california adventure and disneyland. They were both awesome. Because i don't have mush time i'll summise by telling you my favs at each place: California Adventure: Grizzly River Run. Disneyland: Splash Mountain. I bought heaps and heaps of stuff. The hotel is great, tonight i watched Jack and Bobby. It's pretty cool.