What was that? Joshua Tree National Park

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Written By Elliot Koeppel

Driving along Pinto Basin Road, your eyes tend to wander, looking for something interesting that you haven’t seen before.

“What was that, way up that canyon?” are probably words you’ve said at some point. Then the trick is, find a place to safely pull off to park, so you can climb into that canyon and see what you can find. That’s led to many an adventure.

Off in the distance, what appeared to be a line of white against the dark background of the rocky hills. After finding a place to park, hiking up a canyon revealed an interesting clump of large, quartz boulders, reminiscent of those near Twin Tanks. Could these be part of the same vein? Twin Tanks was quite a distance away, but anything is possible in JT.

At the top right of this image, there appears to be yet another line of white. Will have to revisit and see what else is up there to find.

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Did you know the same sculptor who made the Cabazon dinosaurs also worked at Knott's Berry Farm for many years and created most of the "Bench People" you see in Ghost Town. https://www.exploratography.com/blog-cal/the-bench-people-knotts-be
Santa Rex is back! Did you know the same sculptor who made the Cabazon dinosaurs also worked at Knott's Berry Farm for many years and created most of the "Bench People" you see in Ghost Town. https://www.exploratography.com/blog-cal/the-ben
Probably the two most famous "Bench People" at Knott's Berry Farm. They have a unique tie-in to those giant Dinosaurs out at Cabazon, along the 10 Freeway. Checkout this link to read about it: https://www.exploratography.com/blog-cal/cabazo
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