Joshua Tree was the second stage in our roadtrip.
The little town is lost in the middle of the desert and is the entry to the Joshua Tree National Park, which is, for someone used to living in big cities, breathtaking.
We stayed at the Joshua Tree Inn, an adorable motel best known for being the place where Gram Parsons died of OD in the early 70s.
Not far from the hotel were the saloon - where we spent the evening and had the chance to attend the karaoke night (!) - and an artists community called Art Queen. Joshua Tree might be in the desert but it seems to attract many tourists and artists, and I'm not sure it's only because of Bono and Co...! (1)
It's been really hard not to take one...unfortunatlly they were not for sale!
The Gram Parsons memorial in front of his room at the Joshua Tree Inn. The same memorial initially was in the national park where Parsons' body was brought to by his friends who wished to scatter his ashes according to the artist's will.
Not far from the hotel were the saloon - where we spent the evening and had the chance to attend the karaoke night (!) - and an artists community called Art Queen. Joshua Tree might be in the desert but it seems to attract many tourists and artists, and I'm not sure it's only because of Bono and Co...! (1)
It's been really hard not to take one...unfortunatlly they were not for sale!
We took advantage of the few sunny hours to a ride in the national park in order to admire the landscape made of gigantic amounts of big rocks and thousands of Yucca/Joshua trees, and to reach a high spot to watch the sunset - we actually haven't been able to stay outside of the car for more than five minutes as a terrible freezing wind was blowing on us.
How not to feel small and vulnerable in front of such a view?
How not to feel small and vulnerable in front of such a view?
More pictures to come...!
(1) U2's record Joshua Tree, anyone?
A.C.
(1) U2's record Joshua Tree, anyone?
A.C.
