The desert has more than its fair share of pinnacles. The Trona Pinnacles are famous though! The Trona Pinnacles are located where an ancient lake bed used to be and represent a unique geological landscape. Over 500 of these...
Wildrose Peak Hike
Back in Bend we loved to eat at Wild Rose Thai; that place had THE BEST Thai food. The hike we did the other day had me thinking about that restaurant the whole way as we hiked up Wildrose...
Panamint Dunes Hike
Death Valley is well known for the Mesquite Dunes at Stovepipe Wells and Derek and I hiked those last time we were here. You can see pictures of that here. In the 2+ years on the road we also...
Surprise Canyon Hike
Our new spot in Panamint Valley is beautiful! We are alone on BLM land up against big desert mountains like Sentinel Peak (9634′). A couple cars go by during the day as hikers head up to Surprise Canyon Wilderness....
East Indio Badlands Hike
We are totally digging grocery pick-up. Since last February that is how we’ve been getting our groceries and I’m not sure I ever want to go back in a store again. We place an order every two weeks or...
Robby’s Ridge & Darwin Canyon
Keys View Keys View is the highest road in Joshua Tree National Park at 5187′. After hiking we drove up to check it out. Panoramic views of the Coachella Valley spread out below and we snapped a couple pictures....
Porcupine Wash & Ruby Lee Mill Hike
We spent another gloriously sunny day hiking around in the desert looking at rocks and a mine. Our hike was a 9.8 mile loop out to Ruby Lee Mill and around Porcupine Wash with almost 1000′ of climbing. Disclaimer:...
Mastodon Peak +
Needing a shorter hike after a long day before, we picked to hike to Mastodon Peak and then free hike out to some rock formations and explore. Our hike was 5 miles of exploration. We started hiking from the...
Wonderland of Rocks Hike
After taking a day off we picked a longer hike on the other side of the park to tackle. Our hike was 9.2 miles with a whole lot of slow going boulder scrambling at the turn around point. We...
Lost Palms Oasis Hike
Not far from where we are camped is a great hike in Joshua Tree National Park called the Lost Palm Oasis. This hike was 7.2 with over 1050′ of climbing. We got a fairly early for us start and...