January 2022 – Occasionally Awesome

Desert Sunsets

Posted on January 2, 2022 by Occasionally Author

Five days of sunsets from our campsite just outside Joshua Tree. Enjoy.

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Lost Palms Oasis

Posted on January 2, 2022 by Occasionally Author

My favorite hike in Joshua Tree this trip was to Lost Palms Oasis which heads 3.6 miles out across the desert to reach a permanent spring that nourishes a thriving colony of fan palms.

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Strange things in the desert

Posted on January 1, 2022 by Occasionally Author

What do a traveling mud volcano and outsider art have in common? Niland, California. That’s what.

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Designed by Dr. Seuss

Posted on January 1, 2022 by Occasionally Author

I think that I shall never see a more improbable charismatic megaflora than Yucca breviflora, affectionately known as the Joshua Tree.

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