Southwest Vacation Feb23 - Joshua Tree NP
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| Our next stop was Keys View, about eight miles from the Barker Dam/Wall Street Mill trailhead. It was uphill as Keys View was at 5,185 feet. It is up in the Little San Bernadino Mountains. | ||||||
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Overlooking the Cochella Valley. Out there, I was surpised to learn, are the towns of Indio and Palm Springs. I was in both towns a couple of years ago: Link. I didn't realize we were so close now.
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| I guess you can thank the Colorado River and Hoover Dam for enabling the Imperial and Coachella valleys to thrive. | ||||||
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A little windy and cold up here at Keys View.
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| After Keys View, we headed back down the mountain to Cap Rock, which had a short little trail around it. | ||||||
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Again, it looks like individual rocks have just been placed on top of each other.
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| They should call this one Pac-Man rock. | ||||||
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ZZZ
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| A giant natural cairn. | ||||||
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| Pushing rocks. | ||||||
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