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| Some of the crazy rock structures in the Harvey Desert, just before Joshua Tree National Park |
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| Jose posing on the rocks |
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| Looking back down towards the car park |
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| Me and a Joshua Tree |
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| On the way to the skull |
So todays been our last day together...now everyone has gone there separate ways...which is rather sad. The only bad thing about these trips is that they come to an end aye :(. But anyways back to this morning. Jose and I were up nice and early to have a shower (once again its soooo amazing to feel clean!!) before Craig and I made pancakes for breakfast this morning. They were pretty good if I may say so myself. By 7am the sun was up and it was getting hotter by the minute. We broke camp and were ready to leave by 8:30am. I dont think you would want to stay there for much longer, unless you planned on spending all day in the lake. After picking up some lunch stuff and bottles of water we headed to the Joshua Tree National Park. If you know the U2 album Joshua Tree this is the place that it is named after. It is hard out crazy aye. So many groves of Joshua Trees, the majority of them being between 45-175 years old, although they can get up to just over 200. We stopped at a campground just before the park to get out and explore a bit. There were really impressive rock structures that were fun and rather challenging to scramble up. We walked for about 15mins to the Giant Skull rock formation before heading back to the van. We would have only been out for about 30-40 minutes but that was definitely enough! It was soo hot, but once again I enjoyed seeing so much life in the desert. We were still in the Harvey desert, more so today than yesterday. Jose and I saw a Kangaroo Rat which was pretty sweet. We then drove for another 30 mins or so until we came to our lunch spot. Once again we all piled out of the van and while Mike found a lunchspot for us we headed down a trail to do a nature loop through the park, a mile in total. Well the rest of the group did that, I found a couple of impresive rock structures to climb and so chose to do that instead...had some great views from the top! Could have carried on but I was climbing by myself and so didnt want to risk it. I also saw a snake down in one of the crags (far enough away that I had to take a photo just to make sure it was a snake) and so decided that that was enough adventure for one day!!! After lunch we did a strait shoot to L.A before saying our goodbyes. So heres the thing, if your wanting to see just the cities in America and nothing more then this Suntrek Trip is not for you. However if you want to see the real America, the beauty and awe inspiring peaks of Yosemite, the craziness of Death Valley and Mono Lake, the breath taking crazy scenery of Grand Canyon and an oasis in the Harvey desert then this trip is definitely for you!!! I had such an awesome trip! I am soo stoked that I got to do it and are definitely keen to do another sometime!
Oh and the last clueword is Grand Canyon :)
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