Welcome to Joshua Tree National Park!
(kinda)
Welcome to the beginning of what we think will be more than a few Nature Fridays where we'll be showing you around this beautiful park!
This Friday and next Friday we will show you our favorite parts of the park, and then we'll be sprinkling in a few more Joshua Tree posts here and there for awhile.
(Mama took a LOT of pictures!)
Today, as we drive through the park, we want to show you the GREAT BIG rock formations we explored.
It's funny, we thought Joshua Tree National Park was all desert. It was hot and during the day it got up in the 90s(F). Still too hot for hiking, but not the 120F temperatures Arty experienced when traveling through the Mojave Desert. Plus, is seemed like everywhere we looked, there were rocks and mountains, not desert!
Look at the different kind of rocks we saw...
There were great big rock piles like this all over the park. Daddy was amazed and said it looked like nature had a BIG dump truck full of extra rocks and emptied it in the middle of nowhere. It must have taken millions of years to form these rock piles...How cool is that?!
Then there are these beautiful boulders that seem to be placed in perfect piles randomly around the park....When I asked Daddy about these, he showed me a video that might help explain!
For those who want more information, you can read all about it HERE
No matter how the boulders were formed, they sure are beautiful!!
I especially like this pile, the rock on the bottom left side almost looks like one of those big clams on the bottom of the ocean!
It seemed like everywhere we looked we found pretty rock formations!
We even found a beautiful formation with a picnic area, where we ate our lunch!
Just look at beautiful boulders, it looks like someone chiseled a pretty design on them, but this is actually part of the formation!!
We had a pawsome time exploring the rock formations in Joshua Tree National Park!!
Join us next Friday when we go in search of the desert!!
Wishing you all a pawesome weekend filled with adventure!
Looks like a fun place to explore!
ReplyDeletewow that was a rocking good adventure... one rock has even a face... is it da king of rock?
ReplyDeleteThat is a lot of huge rocks and the skies are so beautiful!
ReplyDeleteThose are some interesting rocks. Rocks can be fun and big ones are even better. We like these much better than the ones in Utah. Mom says they are boring.
ReplyDeleteOoooh, a geological post. So interesting. We love it!
ReplyDeleteHappy Nature Friday.
Toodle pip!
Bertie (and Gail).
87 wows and cheers.
ReplyDeleteThe ginormous rocks out west nearly took my breath away when we were there in 2017.
Bol as I read I was thinking Bertie and Gail would be thrilled seeing this.
Thank you for sharing the photos and links
Hugs Cecilia
Hari OM
ReplyDeleteFabulous formations!!! of course I am sure you have learned by now that desert is not all sand and dunes... it means only arid land with usually sparse vegetation, having a very warm climate and receiving less than 10 inches of rainfall annually. Indeed, deserts can be lively, beautiful, decorated places just like this!!! Hugs and wags, YAM-aunty xxx
I have always wanted to see the trees in that park, but now that you showed these rocks, i think they are even more amazing than the trees. the combination of rocks and skies is beyond amazing to me.. spectacular!!!!! and of course the addition of two of the worlds cutest canines makes it even more fun... I want to see what you saw
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful place to explore. Thanks for taking us along on your trip and that video was very interesting.
ReplyDeleteHubby and I have been there and we loved it. We love wide open spaces.
ReplyDeleteHave a fabulous day and weekend. Scritches all around and my best to your mom. ♥
That was very interesting learning the geology of Joshua Tree Park. We're all science geeks at our house, and geology is one of our interests.
ReplyDeleteWow...what a cool video explaining how those rocks were formed. Nature sure is impressive, isn't she?
ReplyDeleteThat really is a beautiful, beautiful place!
ReplyDeleteThanks for this explanation ! We saw similar formations when we visited Arizona and wondered how they got there - like your Dad says - they resemble gravel piles dumped there.
ReplyDeleteBig rocks indeed
ReplyDeleteFascinating pictures. I can't wait to see more.
ReplyDeleteWhat a supurr adventure sweeties, totally terrific!
ReplyDeleteYou know sand gets everywhere and I mean E-Ve-Ry-Where! So perhaps a boulder desert is a bit nicer on the fur and the toes and the ears…
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This park is on lady's list to visit. Also she is really i,pressed Sunny and Arty could work together for a photo shoot!
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