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Desert / Ghost Town Trek #23a

Southern California Desert Hotels, June 2010.
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Went north and west on SR 162 to Twentynine Palms Ca for a few nights at the Twentynine Palms Inn, a series of cute little adobe bungalos.
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Sunset on the oasis at the Twentynine Palms Inn.
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Hello, mister owl.
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Just over the ridge from the inn is Joshua Tree National Monument.
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Roadrunners running around the next morning.
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Also desert quail.
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Very cozy, even in the heat.
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One of the hundreds of abandoned buildings heading out of town from Twentynine Palms. I assume they are old military housing before the modern Marine Base. Each seems to have an acre or more of land, but a tiny dwelling.
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Went west on 162 past the Coxcomb Mountains
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