Road To Joshua Tree Park, where the Mojave and the
Colorado deserts meet
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Our trusty rental car - we put 1400 miles on it
during our CA/NV trip!
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Oasis in the Joshua Tree Park
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Oasis in the Joshua Tree Park desert
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Oasis in the Joshua Tree Park
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Oasis in the Joshua Tree Park
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Joshua Tree Park Welcome Center
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Joshua Tree Park Welcome Center
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Joshua Tree Park Welcome Center
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"Welcome" sign entering Joshua Tree Park
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Joshua Trees in the park
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Joshua Trees in the park
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Joshua Trees in the park
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Rocky desert
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More rocky desert
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Where's Debbie?...
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...There's Debbie!
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More views of the rocky desert
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Where is Eugene?...
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...There's Eugene!
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Gigantic rock formations in the Joshua Tree Park
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Rocks and Joshua trees - all there is to see in
the Joshua Tree Park!...
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...same photo with tourist inserted
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We never grew tired of this landscape...
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Can you find the Skull Rock?
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This is where physicians come for anatomy lessons!
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Debbie and Eugene in the park
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Trail to the Lost Horse Mine - at the end we would
find a California Gold Rush-era gold mine...
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...but the sign forgot to include it was 2 miles
UP A MOUNTAIN!!!
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stopping for a photo opportunity (and to catch a
breath)!
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Almost there....
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"Just one more hill" (yeah, right!)
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Almost there...
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We made it! View from the top - you can see the
path we walked winding it's way in the distance.
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Here it is - The Lost Tourist...I mean
HORSE...Mine!
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The Lost Horse Mine -
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Desert foliage
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View of the expansive Joshua Tree desert
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View of the expansive Joshua Tree desert
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View of the expansive Joshua Tree desert
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Panoramic of the best view of the desert!
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Welcome to Hollywood!
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View of the Hollywood sign at the Griffith's
Observatory Park
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Walking around the Observatory grounds - beware!
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Beautiful view of countryside
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Downtown LA in the distance
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Exploring the Observatory grounds
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Walking the trail on the Observatory grounds
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Couldn't get enough of that Hollywood sign!
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Couldn't get enough of that Hollywood sign!
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View of LA from Mulholland Drive
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Hollywood Hills in the distance
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Another view of the Hollywood sign in the
Hollywood Hills
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A nice picture of Eugene
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The famous Hollywood Bowl on the left
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Downtown LA with a view of Eugene in the
foreground
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LA
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For those of you who saw the movie - This is where
Rita stumbled from the accident...
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...maybe!
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At the end of Mulholland Drive, there is an
anti-Russian anti-missile station from the Cold War
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