The last post made me think of another place that is popular for bouldering. The Joshua Tree National Park in southern Cal is a cool place to explore because there are high and low desert areas offering a variety of terrain and scenery. The higher areas are full of cool rock formations of different colors and textures and sizes. There is some great hiking here with trails everywhere of all degrees of difficulty. The lower areas of the park provide huge views of open desert with distant ridges and ranges. This picture was taken in the lower part of the park in a cholla garden that is a pretty popular stop. Be careful though. They don't call them Jumping Cholla for no reason. It really is crazy how you can walk through this prickly gauntlet with no trouble. But somehow one or two of these things is stuck to your pant leg when you get in the car. They're not as sneaky when you're wearing shorts.
I've added a higher res version of this pic to a gallery
here.
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