The end of October was spent wandering the deserts of Joshua Tree National Park and it was amazing and varying degrees of oppressively hot. Situated on the border of the Colorado and Mojave deserts, the resulting range of desert trees and wildlife is straight from a Dr. Seuss book.
As for hanging around the campsite during the daytime, there is none. It's all about getting out to see the park, unless of course you enjoy sweating in the blaring sun in which case I stand corrected.
This was sad news to me as I'm rather fond of sitting still, laying around, lounging and the like but Ryan assured me that not only was this frowned upon desert behavior but we had his namesake, Ryan Mountain, to climb.
We also then hit up the reservoir, dry at the end of the season, and the Cholla gardens. Scientists still have no clue what prupose they serve in nature or why exactly they grow so abundantly in the one particular spot you find them, but I do know that if you try to touch so much as one Cholla needle, seven more shoot out at you. Tons of fun at the Cholla gardens!
The rest of the trip was spent climbing the boulders of our campsite at 'Jumbo Rocks,' catching the amazing desert sunsets and taking in the millions of stars we never get to see back in the city.
You can see how clear and gorgeous it was as you take in our desert shenanigans courtesy of Mr. Matt Woods' super rad stop motion and time lapse video. Enjoy!
Joshua Tree stop motion and time lapse from Matt Woods on Vimeo.
