2.7 Miles
A beautiful late afternoon hike in Joshua Tree National Park. The weather has been absolutely perfect for hiking today. I think it was about 75 degrees and the sun felt warm and comforting.
As we started out on this hike, we heard this crazy noise coming from under the big rock. I thought it was the wind whistling through the cracks of the rock. But it had a more melodic sound...deep moaning. We hiked around the rock to a group of muscians playing didgeridoos. The rock had a small cave under it which acted like an amplifier. They had recording equipment and seemed to be making a permanent record of their time under the rock. Seemed appropriate since the didgeridoo comes from the land down under.
After listening for a while, we started our hike. The terrain was beautiful and as the sun headed down it cast some beautiful shadows. I took a picture of the shadow of a catus on one of the granite rocks.
After hiking for a little while longer, I began to need a break. The desert provided the perfect resting spot of which I took full advantage.
After resting a bit, we headed for "Face Rock". The walk through the desert was very pleasant. This hike is relatively flat and not too long. The disadvantage to this is that there are more people around, including these couple of crazy guys.
Overall, great day in the desert. Between this hike and the Lost Horse Mine hike we logged 9.2 miles for the day.
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