We spent the day in Joshua Tree National Park today. Its boundaries include the Mojave and the Colorado Desert. We drove the park to get our bearings and found incredible variety from 3000 foot altitude desert at the top end down to a blisteringly hot basin at the bottom. A strong, dry, hot wind blew all day and we happily retreated to the car after short walks. We're going back tomorrow to look more closely at the top end - it is going to be much cooler but the wind is expected to continue. The desert is still blooming at the top end.I took over 100 pictures - all cactus! We did see one Jack Rabbit - racing zigzag across in front of us - I've never seen anything move so fast. We stepped carefully and avoided all the rattlesnakes, taratulas and scorpions....
This first cactus is a Beavertail. They show up like beacons with their spectacular pink blooms.
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