Joshua Tree National Park Twentynine Palms, California |
Sept. 18 |
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Arrived at Joshua Tree National Park around 5PM. Almost closing time at the information center. It was still over 100 degrees out. Hot & sticky. I asked the park ranger about the park campground...about tarantula's and scorpions in particular... She said that if I got out of my tent during the night, I'd definately see tarantulas. It was getting late. Had to decide if I wanted to pitch my tent in the baking heat of the desert campground & sweat all night with the possibility of some creepy crawler squeezing through some crack in the tent seam, OR find a nice (preferably cheap), air conditioned motel with a swimming pool & shower where I could scrub off the days worth of accumulated grime. Yep--Motel. If there was ever an excuse to spend money on a motel--this was it! |
Below: The Sunset Motel -- Decadent luxury (cheap too!) |
After a long day of driving & sweating... Cool. Cooler. Coolest. Swim. Shower. Watch TV from the bed in an air conditioned room! Ahhhhhh.....life is good! |
Once again, I had the pool to myself. Where is everybody & why aren't they in the pool? It was 105 degrees out! |
Enjoyed the coolness more than I ever thought possible! Knew that the next day I'd be out there in the oven again! But I didn't mind 'cause it was all part of the adventure. |
A POOL !! YES!!! |
Left, above, below: Joshua Tree National Park |
Heading south toward Joshua Tree NP, I exited Rt. 40 and traveled on a very secluded section of Route 66. The road wasn't in very good condition--a few bumps and pot holes. But I was having a good time driving and looking around at everything. |
Drove by a tiny, tiny town on Route 66 called Amboy on my way to Twenty-Nine Pines near Joshua Tree. |
Right: This is what the landscape looked like on both sides of Rt.66. I didn't see one car the whole way! I'm so glad my kia held up. |
