{"id":2057,"date":"2018-05-05T19:19:11","date_gmt":"2018-05-05T19:19:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/passportsnothallpasses.com\/blog\/?p=2057"},"modified":"2018-06-01T19:21:58","modified_gmt":"2018-06-01T19:21:58","slug":"buzzing-through-joshua-tree-national-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/passportsnothallpasses.com\/blog\/2018\/05\/05\/buzzing-through-joshua-tree-national-park\/","title":{"rendered":"Buzzing through Joshua Tree National Park"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After leaving the Mojave, we drove the quick hour or so trip to Joshua Tree National Park.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2059\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/passportsnothallpasses.com\/blog\/2018\/05\/05\/buzzing-through-joshua-tree-national-park\/0b3410e1-26d5-48d8-a858-0a84aa5716f1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/passportsnothallpasses.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/0B3410E1-26D5-48D8-A858-0A84AA5716F1.jpeg?fit=2048%2C1536\" data-orig-size=\"2048,1536\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 6&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1525093001&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.15&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;32&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.00025201612903226&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"0B3410E1-26D5-48D8-A858-0A84AA5716F1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/passportsnothallpasses.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/0B3410E1-26D5-48D8-A858-0A84AA5716F1.jpeg?fit=980%2C735\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2059\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/passportsnothallpasses.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/0B3410E1-26D5-48D8-A858-0A84AA5716F1.jpeg?resize=980%2C735\" alt=\"\" width=\"980\" height=\"735\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/passportsnothallpasses.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/0B3410E1-26D5-48D8-A858-0A84AA5716F1.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/passportsnothallpasses.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/0B3410E1-26D5-48D8-A858-0A84AA5716F1.jpeg?resize=300%2C225 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/passportsnothallpasses.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/0B3410E1-26D5-48D8-A858-0A84AA5716F1.jpeg?resize=768%2C576 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/passportsnothallpasses.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/0B3410E1-26D5-48D8-A858-0A84AA5716F1.jpeg?w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/passportsnothallpasses.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/0B3410E1-26D5-48D8-A858-0A84AA5716F1.jpeg?w=1960 1960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 980px) 100vw, 980px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m sure that had we not just played in the biggest forest of Joshua trees, we would have been far more impressed with the national park. And while it had beautiful rock formations and many cacti in bloom, it wasn\u2019t enough for us to decide to spend more time than the obligatory trip through the park.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2060\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/passportsnothallpasses.com\/blog\/2018\/05\/05\/buzzing-through-joshua-tree-national-park\/73e7d612-b8e3-457b-9df1-d08818e4234d\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/passportsnothallpasses.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/73E7D612-B8E3-457B-9DF1-D08818E4234D.jpeg?fit=2048%2C1536\" data-orig-size=\"2048,1536\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 6&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1525094036&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.15&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;32&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.00027800945232138&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"73E7D612-B8E3-457B-9DF1-D08818E4234D\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/passportsnothallpasses.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/73E7D612-B8E3-457B-9DF1-D08818E4234D.jpeg?fit=980%2C735\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2060\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/passportsnothallpasses.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/73E7D612-B8E3-457B-9DF1-D08818E4234D.jpeg?resize=980%2C735\" alt=\"\" width=\"980\" height=\"735\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/passportsnothallpasses.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/73E7D612-B8E3-457B-9DF1-D08818E4234D.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/passportsnothallpasses.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/73E7D612-B8E3-457B-9DF1-D08818E4234D.jpeg?resize=300%2C225 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/passportsnothallpasses.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/73E7D612-B8E3-457B-9DF1-D08818E4234D.jpeg?resize=768%2C576 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/passportsnothallpasses.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/73E7D612-B8E3-457B-9DF1-D08818E4234D.jpeg?w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/passportsnothallpasses.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/73E7D612-B8E3-457B-9DF1-D08818E4234D.jpeg?w=1960 1960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 980px) 100vw, 980px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We did of course stop for the kids to do the junior ranger books, but my advice to the traveler would be to skip it in lieu of Mojave Desert.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After leaving the Mojave, we drove the quick hour or so trip to Joshua Tree National Park. I\u2019m sure that had we not just played in the biggest forest of Joshua trees, we would have been far more impressed with the national park. And while it had beautiful rock formations and many cacti in bloom,&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/passportsnothallpasses.com\/blog\/2018\/05\/05\/buzzing-through-joshua-tree-national-park\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2061,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[123,126,49,24],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2057","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-california","8":"category-joshua-tree-national-park","9":"category-micha","10":"category-united-states","11":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/passportsnothallpasses.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/E3632A62-C8FB-4EF6-B24E-A868D5DB2897.jpeg?fit=2048%2C1536","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8k10v-xb","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2031,"url":"http:\/\/passportsnothallpasses.com\/blog\/2018\/05\/04\/mojave-desert-national-preserve\/","url_meta":{"origin":2057,"position":0},"title":"Mojave Desert National Preserve","author":"Micha Hooper","date":"May 4, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"From Death Valley, we moved on down the road to Mojave Desert National Preserve. 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We were eager to get away from the RV parks, so we had done quite a lot of research on places where a huge RV can park in the national forest. 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