Joshua Tree National Park is located in Southern California, where two distinct deserts meet, the higher-elevation Mojave Desert and the lower, hotter Colorado Desert.
The park is famous for its enormous rounded and strangely shaped rock formations, created by weathering and erosion over millions of years.
Despite their name, Joshua trees aren’t actually trees. They are related to plants such as agaves. Although most remain much shorter, Joshua trees can grow up to 40 feet tall, and some are believed to live for hundreds of years.
Do you spy the truck and camper out there beyond the Joahua trees!?
The boys playing around on the rocks!
They found a seat.
It was a long day!
We stopped by Skull Rock, one of the park’s most well-known rock formations.
The silence in the park was striking.
A few more pictures of the park’s rock formations.
Sunset views in the desert!
Next stop: Lake Havasu, Arizona.