Joshua Tree CA

We have spent the day at Joshua Tree National Preserve. We began the day with a tour of Keys Ranch, where Mr Keys and his family spent their life in the early 1900s. What a dry, difficult life they lead. Afterwards we drove around the park to various points of interest such as Jumbo Rocks and Chollo gardens. We had a picnic lunch at Hidden Valley in the park and took a short hike there through the rock formations.

Tomorrow we head to Los Angeles. The holiday is, sadly, almost over, and we have about 10 days left until we fly home.

Ranger talk at Keys Ranch

The mountains around here are all boulders - seemingly stacked in impossible formations

On the ranch

Ranch house

Mr Keys collected anything and everything he could find

Joshua Tree

Sophia working on her Ranger Workbook

Chollo Cactus