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Desert / Ghost Town Trek #32b

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Joshua Tree National Park backroads, April 2013
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I was disappointed to see the stamp mill chain-link fenced off, but seeing the detail preserved in the railings (and the danger to knuckleheads playing around on them) I can see the reasoning.
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Desert Bouquet.
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Cresting over the ridge I get stunning northeast views of Pleasant Valley.
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The familiar JT rock jumbles around the campground are just tiny groups of pebbles from up here.
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JT Backcountry 27

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Coming around the south side of the ridge, an old prospector's little homestead.
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Out of the fire zone on the west side of the ridge and suddenly lush.
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Joshua bloom.
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This is a really big specimen. If you can identify my hat hanging on the stump (at head height), that shows the scale.
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A fat little horned toad darts under some sage.
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I send my camera down inside for a close up.
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Back at the cozy 29 Palms Inn, on the border between the park and the town of 29 Palms.
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