A Faulty Place - Thousand Palms Oasis

On our last afternoon at Palm Springs we decided to go and check out Thousand Palms Oasis Preserve which is right on the San Andreas Fault. We took Timmy with us and then saw the signs at the parking lot that pets are not permitted, so Michael stayed in the car with him while I went in quickly to take some photos.

No Pets. Boo Hoo!

Workcampers

Palm Grove

Short walk around the oasis

Information center

I have a picture of me taken in this exact spot about 5 years ago

Boardwalk through the grove and over the aquifer.

Water

Hello little froggy

The direction of the San Andreas fault.

I went to College!

No-one can come to the Palm Springs area without going to the College of the Desert Street Fair.  It is open every Saturday and Sunday from 7 am to 2 pm. Again we see a sign at the entrance that says No Pets, so Michael went back to the truck with Timmy. I actually saw several dogs in the fair so we could have brought the Timster after all.

I walked quickly through, buying myself a new sun shade and a container of dates and that was it.

Here are a few of the photos I took.

I liked the splash of colour against the green

Amazing what you can make out of rocks and a piece of wire.

The busiest part of the fair is always the food area

More food, glorious food. There is a dog I saw.

Colourful umbrellas in the food court

One of the streets

Even stuff from Morocco!

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Boxed in!

After we left Joshua Tree we carried on from the south entrance at Cottonwood, over the I-10 and took the road toward the Salton Sea and Mecca. Our neighbour at Palm Springs had told us about Box Canyon. It is a short drive through some spectacular formations. There are boondocking spots in the canyon but as it really is nothing more than a very deep wash we would be very hesitant o camp there. My photos did not come out very well so I found some online that show the canyon way better than I could. Go to the Box Canyon section of the South West page.

Here are mine.

I am going to miss the South West next year if we can't make it back.

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A Drive Through Joshua Tree National Park

While we were at Palm Springs we decided to take a day trip to Joshua Tree National Park. We have been there before and really enjoyed the area, so we decided to go again. So, picnic lunch packed, Lots of fluids and off we went.

This is our route, west along the I-10, through the Morongo Valley, entering the park at the West Gate.

Joshua Tree Visitor Center

Here are photos of some plaques inside the Visitor Center. Interesting information.

I asked some tourists to take a photo of me at the Gate to the Park

Took a walk into an area of rocks and desert vegetation.

Timmy being a mountain goat

Information plaques all along the rout through the park. This area had been affected by a huge fire some years back.

So many beautiful rocks

These rocks looked as if they were flowing.

Keys view

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Keys view

Mount San Gorgonio

 The highest mountain in Southern California is Mount San Gorgonio

Such amazing rocks

Camping 

Interesting camper

Picturesque campsite

Jumbo Rocks Campground

After leaving Joshua Tree we carried on through Box Canyon but that is a subject for another post!

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