Just a half mile from the campground is a fan palm oasis with cottonwood trees. Then four miles south east into what felt like the heart of the desert of Joshua Tree National Park is a crack in the crust that has allowed water to seep up to the surface. A large grove of giant fan palm trees have been growing there for decades and created an oasis in a long canyon where the desert creatures come for shade, water and food. Of course, we didn’t see any animals as we didn’t get there until mid-day but it was a pretty site among all the cactus, ocotillo, scrub bushes and yucca plants. The four mile hike back to camp seemed to take a lot longer and felt more strenuous that going out. I think the sun and our physical condition may have been a factor in that. But we can still say we hike 8.6 miles and lived to tell about it!
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