We had a great park ranger take us on the Barker Dam loop. Unfortunately, the basin there is COMPLETELY dry. BONE DRY. Not a drop of water in it. I asked why and the ranger said it was this year's lack of rainfall. Plus, vandals took the opportunity to write their names (first and last, DUH!) on the concrete dam. So, now they are being tracked down and when caught, they will have to pay a fine for defacing public property.
The day wasn't too warm (about 80 degrees) and we had a nice breeze. In fact, I wore my windbreaker (SPF 30) jacket, but my face got sunburned. I'm in the process of re-evaluating the sunscreens I wear and I just ordered one from Mountain Rose Herbs that has zinc oxide plus a lot of nice-smelling things (SPF 30)...I HATE sunscreens that have too many "unnatural" ingredients with names I can't pronounce. I'm tossing ALL of them. As a melanoma survivor, I do have to be careful and I do wear a wide-brimmed hat and I have several denim long-sleeved shirts, thanks to hubby! It's mainly my face that I have to cover and they also had a tube of natural sunscreen, like a lip gloss applicator, so I also ordered one of those.
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Too bad about the graffiti and I would have given that dad a time out along with those two boys ;) I was lucky enough to visit Joshua Tree several years ago and had breakfast in 29 Palms. I was only with hubby though and not as brave as you were with all those kids. It would have taken me a week to get over it. Great photos!
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