Daniel Zeller Photography

My cousins from Chicago flew into San Diego and they always wanted to see Joshua Tree National Park, so we made a quick run up there this Presidents Day weekend.

We were on a very compressed timeline, but we packed a lot into just under 24 hours, completing the Park Boulevard loop from the town of Joshua Tree to Twentynine Palms, heading down to Keys View, and then exiting the park to the south through the Cottonwood entrance station.

This was a good photo recon trip for me, and I’ll definitely go back to explore more. Enjoy!

Snow showers in Hidden Valley

Skull Rock

Along the Discovery Trail

Along the Discovery Trail

Along the Discovery Trail

Along the Discovery Trail

Along the Discovery Trail

Plumber’s Butt Rock (Not it’s official name–just something I came up with)

Along the Discovery Trail

Snowy Cholla cactus

Along the Discovery Trail

Along the Discovery Trail

Joshua Trees & Little San Bernardino Mountains

Joshua Trees & Little San Bernardino Mountains

Coachella Valley with the San Andreas fault from Keys View

Cholla Cactus Garden

Cholla Cactus in Bloom

Desert wildflowers

Desert wildflowers