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After Traveling: Joshua Tree
We drove the ~5 hours between Death Valley and Joshua Tree in a single afternoon. And if I hadn’t just been thoroughly spoiled by the beauty and variety of Death Valley (previous post), I would have gasped at the desert and mountains we passed along the way: pure rock dust passing into fields of green and back again.
We arrived in Joshua Tree just as the sun was setting, making our way to Arch Rock, and I don’t know how we could have been better timed to see the sun fade and then splash vibrance onto the tumult of rocks that first evening. I had never seen rock formations like this, and seeing the night come up while straddled atop was magical.
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The natural playgrounds in Joshua Tree make it incredibly accessible to wander and interpret into your own individual experience. I have no doubts about why I’ve heard so many albums emerge from those rocks and I hope to climb back in sometime down the road.
Josh Beckman