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Looking NW upon Buttes
Largest base camp
Roadside base camp
Looking down at location scout vehicles, etc. at the roadside base camp just previously shown
Just beyond the trio of Joshuas at left, out on the stretch of rocks to the right, is where the previous
vista was shot
Reverse view of previous photo
The yellow flowers in the foreground help make this one of my favorite shots
This panorama we put together is no slouch either - talk about The Big Valley meets Bonanza meets Sunset Superstar, and one gets an inkling of what I've tried to capture in lieu of actually being there
Pocket gophers and ground squirrels strip the bark to get moisture, which can kill the Joshua
I call this the "Anvil Spot," because of the perfectly flat large boulder at center right
This is not a drone shot, taken atop the second highest point of the 80 acres
Everything is green - springtime
At far left, Clam/Stingray Boulder, and to its right in the foreground, Butt Cheeks that ran out of toilet paper. Just don't use poison oak leaves like I once did. That was a fun month, until steroids made the itchy bastards shed from my poor body like a miracle
The large crowning boulder at right is the highest spot
Invader Heavens
I have no idea how old the fireplace is
Fashion Runway Rocks
Phallic Rock
Train
Drone Gateway Pass
Big Jim Slade macho he-man truck commercial spot
Mr. and Mrs. Joshua with their 10-year-old and toddler
I have to think Pink, Pink Floyd, etc. would approve
Hangin' Joshua - that is if we chop off its lower branch (although the upper remaining surely wouldn't hold)
Democrats leaning to the left, with Bernie at the very top yelling at them to lean further, and as AOC to his immediate left leads the charge giving the GOP the finger, her eyes on the candidacy to run against white supremacist Candace Owens in 2036... that is if we still have a world
I like the orangish lichen - adds to the color scheme
War Weary Knight - see his eye there?
Illegal dumping is rampant out in the unincorporated areas
Sentry Rock
Yes, I've put the big, fat-headed brains in charge of watching over God's creation - these generals of granite definitely heavyweights that shouldn't be f**ked with
Darth Vader Skull
Buttcheeks Modeling Stool - at center
How 'bout just plain Pile of Rocks?... Wait a minute, do I see a mini stapler in the foreground?
Off Road Defenders of the throne above
Broken Boulder Boulevard where Mother Joshua watches over her children
Dad says, "Hey, what about me?!"
Clothesline without the line
Even Split
The Way the Seeds Fell - scratch that: the way they survived for this trio
I call these the pancake rocks, where atop these, surrounded by 360 desert beauty like none other, one can see awesome sunsets dropping below the Joshua-studded boulderscape to the west
Four Corners, where Joshuas guard its road gates to the unknown
Truck commercials like this spot
Boulder Alley
Even though hot and tired, I knew I should go to my iphone - X marks the memory spot for eternity. Maybe it was God playing Tic Tac Toe with the Devil for possession of mankind's soul
Dinosaur Land - yes, no?
At left, Wounded Rock
Knife Sharpener, bottom left
Yawning Rock, left center
Beagle Head with big ear, left center... No?... Well...
Rock Protesters vs the Joshua Police
Great Wall of China Rocks at center
Another Mt. Rushmore waiting to happen at the hands of a new generation of gifted rock sculpturists - yet certainly not needing the 400 in number and 14 years of sacrifice on this much smaller, mini undertaking
Column Stepping Stones to the left, and Chinese Otter Boulder at right center
This is going out on a limb, but at right center, I see a greyish, floppy-eared pooch (I don't know my dogs very well)
staring at me... either that or an evil midget gremlin, troll, gargoyle, etc. - look for the eyes below the bowling ball on its head, to the right of the shadow on the largest boulder... I think I got too much time on my f**kin' hands
Joshua Spirit Retreat
Once again, Sentry Rock, ever watchful for the evil that men do, especially those with sledgehammers, dynamite, and jackhammers
Backbone Bolder, bottom center
Flower Power
John Holmes Joshua
Unburied Joshua with the bloodstained boulder at left that got mad at it
As one may have noticed, one of my favorite spots, Half Bowel and its light shades of grey and tan, some of the latter almost pinkish
Look at the light - I can't stess enough how gorgeous this whole place is
General Joshua leading his soldiers
Mother Joshuas with their toddlers close at hand
Republican Rocks leaning right, behind Trump's wall in its infancy (at far right)
Five Fingers Discount Rocks turned to stone by the Walmart Loss Prevention Gods for all their shoplifting
Joshua Fisherman at right center showing off his catch
Film crew member getting his rocks off
Do I see a huge dust devil coming?
Hungry Rock Python mimicking a chick in quest of more than just a worm - bad python
Custom BBQ - only $10,000
Demon Rock at right whom I'll have to avoid from now on for cutting him half - he's very vain
Tina, teensy-weensy tweety, planetary guardian of all the mighty boulders of the universe, a distant cousin of Super Chicken
Who says the desert is drab, lime pom-poms ta boot
Boulder Row
Passing in the Day
Prius, stud king of the off road
Broken Putter Standing Rock
Alien Rock looking west over single Joshua tree
Greek goddess of War, Athena, Guardian of the Desert and all those who come to capture its beauty or to just plain enjoy the spiritual sacredness, as she vigilantly scans the horizon in profile, helmeted above her pointy nose - I know, too many drugs, far too many rocks in my demented head