It's Not All About the Sand
If you have never visited a desert, then you can't fully appreciate the variety of life forms that have evolved over time to exist in its extreme and wildly fluctuating conditions. Sure, you might see a cactus in someone's garden, but not until you see it in its natural setting can you fully appreciate its exquisite survival skills. Not until you visit in the Spring after a good winter's rain, can you imagine the beauty of the flowers that briefly visit this harsh land.
Joshua Tree National Park offers an interesting intersection of high (Mojave) and low (Colorado) deserts, and with it, you can experience a wide range of desert plants. The drive from the high desert western entrance to the low desert southern entrance is like none other as you experience a change in altitude, landscape and plant life. An added bonus is an oasis that pops up throughout the park where land shifts have allowed underground water to rise to the surface.
It truly is an other worldly experience.
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