It is great to be back on the border of the Mojave and Colorado deserts where the sky is wide, the stars are bright, and the landscape is quiet. Desert solitude is unique, and though foreign to me a year ago, it feels comfortingly familiar to return here now. I look forward to exploring more of the desert landscape and living things, and to climbing it's amazingly abundant, though somewhat haphazard stacks of rocks. The trees in the photo are the park's namesake Joshua Trees.
