Tracy and I went camping in the Anza-Borrego Desert at Borrego Springs and then in the Mojave Desert at Joshua Tree

A selfie-selfie of Tracy and me at Borrego Springs

A tarantula on the trail at night in Borrego Springs

The mountains lit by moonlight at Borrego Springs

A shrike

A bighorn sheep at Borrego Springs



A wren that hopped around our camp within inches of us looking for scraps

A cholla cactus

On the trail to the Palm Canyon Oasis, Borrego Springs

A black-throated sparrow

A California Tree Frog at the oasis

A group of tree frogs at the oasis

Palm fronds

A phoebe

California palms at the oasis

Inside the oasis


A Joshua Tree

Our campsite at Belle Campground, Joshua Tree

Tracy investigating desert burrows up close

The Mojave Desert

Pencil Cholla Cactus

A rock wall within Indian Cove

Desert Trumpet

Desert night view from our campsite with the Andromeda Galaxy showing top center of the sky

The Milky Way over Joshua Tree

Our campfire

Our campsite lit by the rising moon

Antelope Squirrel

Joshua Trees


A shrike in a Joshua Tree


A Desert Spiny Lizard

Cholla cactus

The ruins at Joshua Tree Mill Trail

A Long-nosed Leopard Lizard found by Tracy

A Jack Rabbit

Joshua Tree forest

The Colorado Desert at the southern entrance to Joshua Tree National Park

The Colorado Desert

Landing in Seattle