As a "warmup" for the camping season, we made a trip to Joshua Tree National Park in mid May. Joshua Tree is famous for it's monzogranite piles of rock that attract climbers from the entire world. We took Ziwi with us, so we didn't do any climbing.
The park is very close, being just north of Palm Springs. We drove out the CA-91 to the CA-60 to I-10 to the 29 Palms Highway and entered via the West Entrance. Our National Parks Pass doesn't expire until June 30th, so we had entry covered.
We camped at the Ryan Campground, since the Hidden Valley and Jumbo Rocks Campgrounds are usually filled first. We didn't make a reservation since only a couple campgrounds actually accept reservations and both were not in the Lost Horse Valley, which is where we wanted to be. We arrived about 6:45, after leaving at 3:30. Traffic was nasty on the 91 until the I-15 intersection, otherwise we could have been there by 6 easily.
Weather was nice. It was cool, but not cold at night (about 55F/13C), and not too hot during the day (86F/30C). We took in Key's View of the Coachella Valley and the 4 wheel drive Geological Tour and read during the mid afternoon heat on Saturday. On Sunday, we drove to the border of the Mojave/Colorado desert to see the Cholla Gardens and exited through 29 Palms.
We'll be back after it cools down (October?)
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