Joshua Tree National Park

After visiting Death Valley we drove to Redlands and spent the weekend with friends and the next week went on to Joshua Tree National Park and spent several days there. Arriving early in the morning we hiked to Fortynine Palms, an oasis on the north side of the park that is reached by a separate entrance.

After visiting Death Valley we drove to Redlands and spent the weekend with friends and the next week went on to Joshua Tree National Park and spent several days there. Arriving early in the morning we hiked to Fortynine Palms, an oasis on the north side of the park that is reached by a separate entrance.

After visiting Death Valley we drove to Redlands and spent the weekend with friends and the next week went on to Joshua Tree National Park and spent several days there. Arriving early in the morning we hiked to Fortynine Palms, an oasis on the north side of the park that is reached by a separate entrance.

After visiting Death Valley we drove to Redlands and spent the weekend with friends and the next week went on to Joshua Tree National Park and spent several days there. Arriving early in the morning we hiked to Fortynine Palms, an oasis on the north side of the park that is reached by a separate entrance.

The California Fan Palm is native to the deserts of southern California and Baja California. It keeps its dead fronds for a long time and they form a "skirt" around the palm that provides a habitat for birds and other creatures. The "skirt" of dead fronds also leaves them vulnerable to the action of idiots like the man who set many of the palms at this oasis, Fortynine Palms in Joshua Tree National Park, on fire. The skirt of the young palms reaches to the ground.

The California Fan Palm is native to the deserts of southern California and Baja California. It keeps its dead fronds for a long time and they form a "skirt" around the palm that provides a habitat for birds and other creatures. The "skirt" of dead fronds also leaves them vulnerable to the action of idiots like the man who set many of the palms at this oasis, Fortynine Palms in Joshua Tree National Park, on fire. The skirt of this young palm reaches to the ground.

The California Fan Palm is native to the deserts of southern California and Baja California. It keeps its dead fronds for a long time and they form a "skirt" around the palm that provides a habitat for birds and other creatures. The "skirt" of dead fronds also leaves them vulnerable to the action of idiots like the man who set many of the palms at this oasis, Fortynine Palms in Joshua Tree National Park, on fire. On these older palms the bottom of the "skirt" has disintegrated.

The California Fan Palm is native to the deserts of southern California and Baja California. It keeps its dead fronds for a long time and they form a "skirt" around the palm that provides a habitat for birds and other creatures. The "skirt" of dead fronds also leaves them vulnerable to the action of idiots like the man who set many of the palms at this oasis, Fortynine Palms in Joshua Tree National Park, on fire. The skirt of this young palm reaches to the ground.

This is the area through which we hiked to Fortynine Palms Oasis in Joshua Tree National Park.