Joshua Tree

I had never been to Joshua Tree and decided I've lived here for far too long without visiting this famous park. It was just Scott and I who went and the trip ended up being very short because both of us were a bit sick, but it was really fun to see the park! I love all of the Joshua Trees everywhere - it looks like they're waving to you everywhere you go. They have so much energy and character and all are so different - what a world. We hiked into 49 Palms, an oasis in the middle of the desert. It's totally crazy to see all of the green palms in the middle of complete brown desert - super cool. While hiking around, you can occasionally catch a bit of color as well, like in some cacti. We didn't expect it to get very cold because the weather channel predicted lows of 51, but it was definitely around 40 or below while we tried to sleep - quite nippy! We had planned to do some climbing on the second day, but our sickness got to us and we had to be happy with watching others climbing. You can see people on top of one of the rocks in this post if you look carefully.