Joshua Tree National Park

A drive through Joshua Tree National Park might take a couple hours, viewing the park from the road. An exploration of the park would take a lifetime. Joshua Tree National Park has over 550,000 acres of wilderness filled with a variety of plants and animals that make their home in this land shaped by strong winds, unpredictable torrents of rain, and climatic extremes. Every now and then, man intrudes in this wilderness and leaves his brief, passing mark among the surreal geologic features that cover the landscape. Let’s go see what we can find.

Elliot Koeppel 4/11/23 Elliot Koeppel 4/11/23

Red, White & Blue! (orange, purple & yellow, too) - Joshua Tree National Park

I was lucky enough to be able to spend all day Sunday in the park. My trip plan consisted of obtaining Beef Jerky at the local 7-11, icing down my Dr. Pepper and Prime, grabbing some other snacks and then heading straight to the sandy washes south of Cottonwood Springs, to look for colorful things.

Elliot Koeppel 4/5/23 Elliot Koeppel 4/5/23

GoPro or Go Home - Joshua Tree National Park

With the really wet weather this past winter, the rain, the snow, the “precip,” many folks were saying those magical words……super bloom.

Elliot Koeppel 12/4/20 Elliot Koeppel 12/4/20

Geology Tour Road, Revisited - Joshua Tree National Park

I can remember traveling along the bumpy road in a Dodge Dart, stopping at the points indicated while someone read the description of what we were looking at.