Joshua Tree National Park, CA

The plan was to leave AZ on June 1, but a few days before my car decided not to start. It turned out to be a faulty distributor, and after taking 3 days to get a replacement part, I finally made it on my way on June 4.

My first stop was Joshua Tree National Park, in southeastern California. I stayed in the Jumbo Rocks campground, whose name can be easily explained by this picture. My car is the little white dot right in the middle:

My first night of camping brought back a few things I learned about the wilderness during my traumatic childhood:

1. There are bugs outside the city.
2. Crapping in the wildnerness sucks.
3. There is no WiFi out in Joshua Tree. WTF, dude?
   

Despite these uncomfortable truths, it's turning out to be a pretty cool trip so far: