Just a 'lil bump in the road... Back on track to Joshua Tree National Park

So we had a minor bump in the road with the trailer brakes and both Joseph and I are glad that we went back to Hanford to get everything double checked. On Mother's day we left to resume our road trip and headed down to Joshua tree. Now I have to admit I was a little mad at the Garmin (GPS) when we first started using it because it was taking us weird ways and not on major highways, but the route it had us go to Joshua Tree from Hanford was pretty awesome. We drove down Hwy 58, which was beautiful, especially around Tehachipi. When we got closer to Joshua Tree we drove through this crazy town where Southern California Logistics Airport is located. Has anyone every seen this thing? It was straight out of a sci-fi movie, both Joe and I were like WTF?!? When we finally got to Joshua Tree it was pretty late, but it was a full moon that night so we had plenty of light driving through the park. We found the road to the campsite and even in the dark we were totally blown away. They have the campsites nestled near these huge rock formations. We tried (and when I say we, I mean Joseph) to back into one of the spots but it was just not going well. (let's just say I need help with hand gestures, etc. for assisting in backing up a trailer) So we moved on further down the road and found THE perfect spot (check it out in the photos, AMAZING). We settled in, put our landing gear down and went to sleep (that's what 8 hours of driving will do to ya!) We woke up the next morning to the beautiful BLAZING HOT sun and decided to walk around the campsite and check things out. We had read a sign to beware of bees and as we were walking around (and even in the trailer) we could hear this crazy buzzing noise, but it wasn't bees, it was gigantic flies! Oh man did they drive me CCCCRRRRAAAAZZZZYYYYY! After we took in the sights of our campground we drove down one of the main roads that runs North to South through the park. It took about an hour and we got to see most of what Joshua Tree had to offer. We stopped at the south visitor center to get suggestions about a good hike and talked to a wonderful ranger who gave us lots of insight on more national parks. We then hiked a 3 mile round trip trail through some crazy desert terrain and lots of amazing rock formations (again check out the photos). After the hike we ate some lunch, packed up the trailer, and headed for Arizona! Next stop Tombstone!