I wasn't too impressed with the off road Humvee tour of Joshua Tree National Forest because it really wasn't off road. It was on a road, albeit a dirt road, the whole time - a nicely graded, well tended, unpaved road. We entered Joshua Tree through some back door that doesn't require paying the usual park admission, then we road to the top of a small summit. The view was nice, the air was crisp, and we got to see a Mojave green rattlesnake, but the price of $149.00 per person was a bit too steep, in my opinion. Read about Mojave rattlers here:
http://www.4x4training.com/Articles/DeadlyMistakes/MojaveGreen.html
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| Our tour had two parts - visiting the Thousand Palms Oasis Preserve in a ten passenger van and riding up a hill in Joshua Tree National Forest in a ten passenger Humvee. We switched from van to Humvee in a town called Yucca Valley. |
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| Yikes. This sign is riddled with bullet holes. |
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| Beverly and Mike and a Joshua Tree. |
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| The Joshua trees flowered this year because of abundant rain. |
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Fish Out of Water!
This rock formation looks like a fish. |
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| We had to have our picture taken with the hummer. |
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| We made a pit stop at a very cool cafe in Yucca Valley. I liked this decor piece made of gauges. |
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| I couldn't resist promoting Happy in Hainesport on the cafe's community bulletin board, |
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