Yesterday we drove 230 miles, today only 90 but we ended ip the same place we started! \u00a0We decided on two \u00a0nights in Twentynine Palms, \u00a0CA so we could recover from the Desert Rat Day’s activities and the late arrival. \u00a0This was an easy day.<\/p>\n
Most of the morning we spent in Joshua Tree National Park. \u00a0What was really amazing os the stark change in the plants between the Mohave Desert and the Colorado Desert that come together in the park. We stopped on the visitor center on the way back. \u00a0Made good use of our national parks senior pass again.<\/p>\n
There was a BBQ place in town. Stopped in for lunch to get Joyce her fix. \u00a0The first since Santa Fe! Had enough left over for dinner tonight. \u00a0Since it was 103 today this afternoon we caught up on managing the many photos taken on the trip in the A\/C.<\/p>\n
We discovered another local find on our way out of the park. \u00a0A local astronomy club had established an observatory just outside the north entrance. \u00a0We stopped in to check it out and there was actually someone onsite since it was Saturday. \u00a0We were waved over by Mike who was proud to show us around and talk about their future plans to build a 300 seat observatory. \u00a0He was especially interested in explaining the “orrery” they have constructed. \u00a0 An orrery is a mechanical model of the solar system the illustrates the relative positions of planets and other heavenly bodies. \u00a0See www.skysthelimit29.org for information.<\/p>\n
We returned to Joshua Tree National Park near sunset to take a few more photos. \u00a0Arrived a little late, so am not expecting the images to be very good. \u00a0On our way back we atopped at the observatory for their Saturday evening telescope sky viewing program.<\/p>\n
zzz zzz….. \u00a0on the road tomorrow!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Yesterday we drove 230 miles, today only 90 but we ended ip the same place we started! \u00a0We decided on two \u00a0nights in Twentynine Palms, \u00a0CA so we could recover from the Desert Rat Day’s activities and the late arrival. \u00a0This was an easy day. Most of the morning we spent in Joshua Tree National … Continue reading Joshua Tree Day<\/span>