As I’m writting this blog the wind is blowing at what feels like 70 mph! Luckily it didn’t start until after we had finished our hike and Jeep ride this afternoon.
We reluctantly left Sequoia on Tuesday morning due to a forcast of rain and snow for the next 3-4 days and drove to the Mojave National Monument in hopes of out running the storm and finding warmer weather. This huge park spans an area between I-15 and I-40 and is over 140 miles from east to west on the California and Nevada border. We camped in the Hole-in-the-Wall camground. (This is not Butch Cassidy’s hangout.) It got its name from the holes found in the rock formations around here.
The Hole-in-the-Wall Rings Loop Trail is one of the most popular hikes in the park because one has to scale a very narrow crevace using permanently embedded rings to aid in the climb either up or down. We did it the hard way by going down! Then we walked out of the canyon whose walls are covered with holes and hiked 6+ miles around the mountain back to the campground.
After needed naps we drove a couple of the dirt roads, one of which was the Mojave Road that was an original route to California. This part of the park has the largest concentration of Joshua Trees in the world. We also came across a White Cross memorial that honor all our veterans.
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Great to be in a “holy” place John! That kind of wind would be scary around that park!
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