California desert bicycle tour - San Diego to Joshua Tree

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Bicycle Touring

Ireland (July 1999)

SW Europe (July/Aug. 2000)

California/Nevada (Dec. 2000)

1. San-Diego - Joshua Tree

2. Blythe - Death Valley

Photo Album

San Diego to
Joshua Tree National Park

Spring valley

Stopping for nourishment in Spring Valley, the morning of our first day

View from the hills above Julian, a quaint (but heavily touristed) town

Descending from Julian into the desert plain below...

Katharine lengthens the lead in front of me...

Although I manage to catch up to her when she stops to take a picture...

of the sunsetting over the hills

Looking back from outside the Tamarisk Grove (campground) where we stayed.

Hiking to Palm Canyon Springs (in Anzo-Borrego Park)

Cactus bloom just outside Borrego Springs

My rear wheel (unable to support my load) kept breaking spokes.
So I went in to Palm Springs to buy a new rim.
This is a wind farm on the outskirts of the city.

The trees that give Joshua Tree National Park its name.

The aptly named Skull Rock, in Joshua Tree National Park.