Joshua Tree National Park

 

 

click photo to enlarge		 We have been going to Joshua Tree now for over 20 years and we have never seen it as crowded as it is now. You won't see any pictures of people in my photos because we did not stop at all the instagramable locations such as Skull Rock. We preferred to go to locations that were not packed with people taking selfies. It is truly amazing how things have changed since the pandemic started.

click photo to enlarge		 Campgrounds were of course all 100% full. But we spent the night just outside the park at the Tortoise Rock Casino. It was free to camp in their parking lot and it was pretty empty. We also had cell phone service and TV signals. Then for dinner we just went in the Casino and ate. We would easily camp their again rather then put up with crowded campgrounds in the National Park. We also had a nice view of the sunset out over the valley.

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