Well, the weather turned out better than forecast and we had a great drive to and 2 days touring around Joshua Tree National Park. We found a very nice camping site in Jumbo Rocks Campsite in the middle of the park. Camping in the middle of the rocks meant we climbed them in different directions when we were at the camp site. Evening sunset and morning coffee in the sun on the rocks were very nice. We found fire wood at unused sites nearby and had a very nice dinner and campfire the first 2 days of our planned 3 days in the park. The stars were spectacular and Jupiter has 4 visible moons!
Day 1 we hiked into the 49 Palms Oasis and picked up firewood at the park entrance for the rest of our camping nights. AND we saw a tarantula spider on the road and rescued it from being squished. The dark thunder clouds made nice backdrops for the scenery pictures.
During the 2nd night it rained off and on so Alison and I were discussing what to do over morning coffee when it let loose with a strong thundershower. Luckily we were up and saw the runoff from the surrounding rocks building FAST! We quickly trenched the stream away from the tent and kept the runoff a foot from the tent. YEA! When the excitement was over we decided to pack up and not stay for the 3rd night.
On the drive out we took the geology road tour and avoided the heavy rain until we left the park. But then it poured the whole way to El Centro, CA. ‘It doesn’t rain in southern California, it POURS!!!’ We’re drying out some of the wet stuff now and the rest whenever…… We’ll need to return to Joshua Tree to finish the planned hikes.
We had a nice San Diego harbor tour and Thai dinner last night and spent the day at the Sealife Center today. Tomorrow we plan to go to the zoo. The weather should improve….
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