“I have always loved the desert. One sits down on a desert sand dune, sees nothing, hears nothing. Yet through the silence something throbs, and gleams...”
For spring break 2015, I met up with my dad and step-mom in Las Vegas for a "California deserts" roadtrip. Jerry at the time was working on base in northern Greenland, which is about as opposite from Vegas as I can imagine. Our stops after Vegas included Death Valley NP and Palm Springs, with day trips to Joshua Tree NP and Mojave NP.
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| First night in Las Vegas |
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| Palms Place |
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| Furnace Creek Ranch, Death Valley (too hot for shorts!) |
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| Dinner at the Ranch |
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| Zabriskie Point |
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| Evening hike after the temperature cooled a bit. |
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| Date palms at the Ranch |
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| Drive through Artist's Palette |
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| Badwater Basin |
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| Walking out to the salt flats |
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| Wildflowers on the way to Palm Springs |
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| Palm Springs at night from our rental |
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| Hike from our rental |
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| Palm Canyon, Agua Caliente Indian Reservation |
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| Joshua Tree National Park |
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| Early evening hike up Ryan Mountain |
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| Sunset from the top |
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| Our Palm Springs rental |
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| This is how I roll... |
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| Mojave National Preserve |
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| Teutonia Peak trail |
Wow, I love the desert photos-lucky it was in bloom! The baby is soooo handsome!
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August is getting so big! Awesome pictures as always! I especially like the artists palette & palm canyon shots - very different from anything I have ever seen - so cool!
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