Capture Calif

Capture California

What is a YOLT? Well, you may have heard the term YOLO. Gary and Sherri think we can live again, not as James Bond, but as being reborn. Consequently, we are having fun in our life, after all, You Only Live Twice.

Tuesday, May 7, 2013

Adventure 116-Joshua Trees

Gary with Joshua
 Capture California, the Game-2013
Adventure: 116-Joshua Trees
Team: YOLT
Date: May 7, 2013
Location: Mojave Desert
Description:
We traveled down the road to Cima, off of I-15. Then we started spotting these strange looking desert plants. After several miles, we realized, these are Joshua Trees. Looking like a cross between a yucca plant and a palm tree, these critters soon spread out as far as we could see. In fact later on, we would hike through the world's largest forest of Joshua Trees. Just amazing!
Sherri under a Joshua Tree
Seeing these trees you can understand why the Mormom settlers named the Yucca brevifolia Joshua Tree. With its arms stretched towards the heaven, it reminds one of a a person praying to heaven. These trees can survive for hundreds of years in some of the most hostile places on earth. In the United States, this tree grows only in the southwest.




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