Sunday, February 19, 2012

Wind, Rain, and Finally a Hike

 

It’s been an interesting few days at Joshua Tree National Park, we have had rain showers a couple of times since we left home last September, but on Thursday it poured for hours for and the wind didn’t stop blowing  until sometime Friday. We noticed a couple of cars at a coming out of the park with snow on their roofs. We are not camped at a high enough elevation but several campgrounds had some snow.

On Saturday there was no wind so we decided on a short hike three mile hike to Mastodon Peak.

The trail starts at Cottonwood Spring

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The trail is pretty easy to start.

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Looking back it’s hard to see the trail

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That’s where we are headed

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Glad we weren’t underneath when this rock split

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The trail ended and it was straight up.

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The view from the peak

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Looking Back

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Nice to see some flowers

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We had to go to Indio today for groceries The dogs do not like staying but it is too warm to leave them in the car.

Sad faces

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We brought this box back, Louis got in it, so I put his blanket in it.

Of course Jake claimed it right away.

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So Louie took Jakes bone.

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Jean

2 comments:

  1. Looks like our kind of hike too. I like it when a hike includes a few moderate rock scrambles & I like hikes that go up to some kind of viewpoint. Looks like your going to have to bring home a larger box next time, or maybe 2 or 3 boxes. I think we did get some rain east of the Park last Thursday but I think it was at night.......

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  2. Stay where you are! My street is like a river and no end in sight all week!! My SAD is flaring up! Is great your doggies share so nicely.

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