{"id":2256,"date":"2017-05-03T01:44:56","date_gmt":"2017-05-02T23:44:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/journeys.saltoftheearth.de\/?p=2256"},"modified":"2021-01-03T11:18:42","modified_gmt":"2021-01-03T10:18:42","slug":"joshua-tree-national-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/journeys.saltoftheearth.de\/?p=2256","title":{"rendered":"Joshua Tree National Park"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Around noon we headed to the Joshua Tree National Park. Before we left we had to load our washing machine. &#x1f60a;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/journeys.saltoftheearth.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/FullSizeRender-7.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2274\" src=\"http:\/\/journeys.saltoftheearth.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/FullSizeRender-7-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/journeys.saltoftheearth.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/FullSizeRender-7-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/journeys.saltoftheearth.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/FullSizeRender-7-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/journeys.saltoftheearth.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/FullSizeRender-7-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/journeys.saltoftheearth.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/FullSizeRender-7-393x295.jpg 393w, https:\/\/journeys.saltoftheearth.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/FullSizeRender-7-786x590.jpg 786w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/journeys.saltoftheearth.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_5765.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2272\" src=\"http:\/\/journeys.saltoftheearth.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_5765-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/journeys.saltoftheearth.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_5765-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/journeys.saltoftheearth.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_5765-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/journeys.saltoftheearth.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_5765-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/journeys.saltoftheearth.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_5765-393x295.jpg 393w, https:\/\/journeys.saltoftheearth.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_5765-786x590.jpg 786w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>After a quick lunch stop at Lake Elsinore we hit the road again and 2,5 h later we arrived at our final stop for this day: the Indian Cove campground at the edge of the Joshua Tree NP.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/journeys.saltoftheearth.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_9355.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2262\" src=\"http:\/\/journeys.saltoftheearth.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_9355-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/journeys.saltoftheearth.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_9355-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/journeys.saltoftheearth.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_9355-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/journeys.saltoftheearth.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_9355-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/journeys.saltoftheearth.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_9355-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/journeys.saltoftheearth.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_9355-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/journeys.saltoftheearth.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_9385.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2263\" src=\"http:\/\/journeys.saltoftheearth.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_9385-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/journeys.saltoftheearth.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_9385-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/journeys.saltoftheearth.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_9385-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/journeys.saltoftheearth.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_9385-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/journeys.saltoftheearth.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_9385-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/journeys.saltoftheearth.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_9385-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/journeys.saltoftheearth.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_9390.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2264\" src=\"http:\/\/journeys.saltoftheearth.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_9390-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/journeys.saltoftheearth.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_9390-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/journeys.saltoftheearth.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_9390-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/journeys.saltoftheearth.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_9390-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/journeys.saltoftheearth.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_9390-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/journeys.saltoftheearth.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_9390-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Just as we were about to drive on the campground we saw the first part of our welcoming committee: a snake. Disturbed by the sound of our V10 engine it quickly slithered from the warm road to a nearby bush. We had been warned that we should expect a lot of snakes due to the heavy rainfalls earlier this year. Just in case we got an anti snake bite kit. Here&#8217;s hoping we&#8217;ll never actually need it.\u00a0The campground itself was beautiful except for our site &#8211; it was so uneven that we had a really hard time leveling the RV. Even with the leveling blocks our RV still felt like a ship on high seas.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/journeys.saltoftheearth.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_2356.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2273\" src=\"http:\/\/journeys.saltoftheearth.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_2356-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/journeys.saltoftheearth.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_2356-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/journeys.saltoftheearth.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_2356-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/journeys.saltoftheearth.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_2356-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/journeys.saltoftheearth.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_2356-393x295.jpg 393w, https:\/\/journeys.saltoftheearth.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_2356-786x590.jpg 786w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s why, on the next morning, we decided to move to another campsite and get one of the highly coveted campsites inside the Joshua Tree.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/journeys.saltoftheearth.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_9397.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2265\" src=\"http:\/\/journeys.saltoftheearth.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_9397-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/journeys.saltoftheearth.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_9397-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/journeys.saltoftheearth.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_9397-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/journeys.saltoftheearth.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_9397-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/journeys.saltoftheearth.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_9397-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/journeys.saltoftheearth.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_9397-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Those are first come first serve that&#8217;s why you have to be there early. We got lucky and found a beautiful\u00a0campsite for our RV. I think we&#8217;ll spend the next 2 nights there.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/journeys.saltoftheearth.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_5782.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2261\" src=\"http:\/\/journeys.saltoftheearth.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_5782-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/journeys.saltoftheearth.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_5782-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/journeys.saltoftheearth.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_5782-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/journeys.saltoftheearth.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_5782-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/journeys.saltoftheearth.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_5782-393x295.jpg 393w, https:\/\/journeys.saltoftheearth.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_5782-786x590.jpg 786w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/journeys.saltoftheearth.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_9437.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2269\" src=\"http:\/\/journeys.saltoftheearth.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_9437-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/journeys.saltoftheearth.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_9437-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/journeys.saltoftheearth.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_9437-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/journeys.saltoftheearth.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_9437-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/journeys.saltoftheearth.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_9437-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/journeys.saltoftheearth.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_9437-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Right after we arrived we had some lunch at our picknick table. That&#8217;s when all the squirrels came out of hiding, hoping that they might get some leftovers of our food. Nate had a lot of fun watching them. In the afternoon when it&#8217;s not so hot anymore we might explore the area a bit.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/journeys.saltoftheearth.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_9419.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2266\" src=\"http:\/\/journeys.saltoftheearth.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_9419-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/journeys.saltoftheearth.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_9419-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/journeys.saltoftheearth.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_9419-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/journeys.saltoftheearth.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_9419-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/journeys.saltoftheearth.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_9419-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/journeys.saltoftheearth.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_9419-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/journeys.saltoftheearth.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_9435.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2268\" src=\"http:\/\/journeys.saltoftheearth.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_9435-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/journeys.saltoftheearth.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_9435-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/journeys.saltoftheearth.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_9435-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/journeys.saltoftheearth.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_9435-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/journeys.saltoftheearth.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_9435.jpg 1414w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/journeys.saltoftheearth.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_9431.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2267\" src=\"http:\/\/journeys.saltoftheearth.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_9431-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/journeys.saltoftheearth.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_9431-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/journeys.saltoftheearth.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_9431-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/journeys.saltoftheearth.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_9431-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/journeys.saltoftheearth.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_9431-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/journeys.saltoftheearth.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_9431-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Around noon we headed to the Joshua Tree National Park. Before we left we had to load our washing machine. &#x1f60a; After a quick lunch stop at Lake Elsinore we hit the road again and 2,5 h later we arrived at our final stop for this day: the Indian Cove campground at the edge of &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2262,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[171],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2256","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-germany-en","latest_post"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/journeys.saltoftheearth.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2256","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/journeys.saltoftheearth.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/journeys.saltoftheearth.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journeys.saltoftheearth.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journeys.saltoftheearth.de\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2256"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/journeys.saltoftheearth.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2256\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2276,"href":"https:\/\/journeys.saltoftheearth.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2256\/revisions\/2276"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journeys.saltoftheearth.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2262"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/journeys.saltoftheearth.de\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2256"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journeys.saltoftheearth.de\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2256"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journeys.saltoftheearth.de\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2256"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}