California Vacation February 2003


 Road To Joshua Tree Park, where the Mojave and the Colorado deserts meet

 Our trusty rental car - we put 1400 miles on it during our CA/NV trip!

 Oasis in the Joshua Tree Park

 Oasis in the Joshua Tree Park desert

 Oasis in the Joshua Tree Park

 Oasis in the Joshua Tree Park

 Joshua Tree Park Welcome Center

 Joshua Tree Park Welcome Center

 Joshua Tree Park Welcome Center

 "Welcome" sign entering Joshua Tree Park

 Joshua Trees in the park

 Joshua Trees in the park

 Joshua Trees in the park

 Rocky desert

 More rocky desert

 Where's Debbie?...

 ...There's Debbie!

 More views of the rocky desert

 Where is Eugene?...

 ...There's Eugene!

 Gigantic rock formations in the Joshua Tree Park

 Rocks and Joshua trees - all there is to see in the Joshua Tree Park!...

 ...same photo with tourist inserted

 We never grew tired of this landscape...

 Can you find the Skull Rock?

 This is where physicians come for anatomy lessons!

 Debbie and Eugene in the park

 Trail to the Lost Horse Mine - at the end we would find a California Gold Rush-era gold mine...

 ...but the sign forgot to include it was 2 miles UP A MOUNTAIN!!!

 stopping for a photo opportunity (and to catch a breath)!

 Almost there....

 "Just one more hill" (yeah, right!)

 Almost there...

 We made it! View from the top - you can see the path we walked winding it's way in the distance.

 Here it is - The Lost Tourist...I mean HORSE...Mine!

 The Lost Horse Mine -

 Desert foliage

 View of the expansive Joshua Tree desert

 View of the expansive Joshua Tree desert

 View of the expansive Joshua Tree desert

 Panoramic of the best view of the desert!

 Welcome to Hollywood!

 View of the Hollywood sign at the Griffith's Observatory Park

 Walking around the Observatory grounds - beware!

 Beautiful view of countryside

 Downtown LA in the distance

 Exploring the Observatory grounds

 Walking the trail on the Observatory grounds

 Couldn't get enough of that Hollywood sign!

 Couldn't get enough of that Hollywood sign!

 View of LA from Mulholland Drive

 Hollywood Hills in the distance

 Another view of the Hollywood sign in the Hollywood Hills

 A nice picture of Eugene

 The famous Hollywood Bowl on the left

 Downtown LA with a view of Eugene in the foreground

 LA

 For those of you who saw the movie - This is where Rita stumbled from the accident...

 ...maybe!

 At the end of Mulholland Drive, there is an anti-Russian anti-missile station from the Cold War

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