This is the Cholla (choy-a) Gardens along the roadway north of the I-10 entrance to Joshua Tree National Park. I cropped the thumbnail image to about the first 90 degrees of a 270 degree view. I took the images used to compose this panorama on Friday as we were headed home. Click to view the entire panorama.
Seen today in Joshua Tree National Park. The Indian Paintbrush is found in gravelly flats and rocky areas in the California desert. I love the red color of these flowers.
Click on the image to enjoy this panorama showing the view down the draw facing southwest from Keys View lookout point in Joshua Tree National Park. In the distance, you can see the two dominant snow-capped peaks overlooking the Banning Pass; Mount San Jacinto and Mount San Gorgonio. In the valley below, you can see the darker group of hills that mark the boundary of the Pacific and North American tectonic plates, also known as the San Andreas Fault.
Tonight, we’re staying in the delightfully rustic and comfortable Sunnyvale Garden Suites near Joshua Tree National Park, in Twentynine Palms, in the Mojave Desert, California. We’re staying here for a couple of nights while we’re visiting the park.
The place is a collection of suites situated on a patch of property that is landscaped and decorated like one might find in a desert ghost town. There are many types of desert vegetation and cactus here. I took this 3D image while we were returning from an afternoon walkabout.
As usual, if you do not have your free pair of 3D glasses, you can see the 2D image here.
Today, we’re staying in a great little hotel in Twentynine Palms, CA. It’s called Sunnyvale Garden Suites and is located just to the north of the entrance to Joshua Tree National Park. It’s great little hotel with lots of amenities. The rooms are all suites with condo-like living space including a living room, a separate bedroom, kitchen, bath and dining area. It’s very nice.
We drove through the park today on our way here and I took some photos of the trees and flowers. Below, you can see a Joshua tree, an ocotillo and a couple of the wildflowers currently in bloom. Click on the image to enlarge.
The Daddy hooman took me to get my summer trim today. I went this morning and came home this afternoon. I like when they do the trim, but the bath gets me wet and I don’t like getting wet.
I was getting pretty shaggy and the hoomins wanted me to be comfy when we go to hot places this summer. I like going in the SUV.
This is me before and after. Click it to make me big.
OK – I better take a nap now.
