Red Rocks, Bees, Bombs, Toxic Lakes and Lots of Flowers! Spring 2017 - Mondays S4E5/Travel VLOG 88

Mondays with the Mortons
Were working on catching up on our travel stories so this week we take you through adventures in Sedona, Joshua Tree, Palm Springs, The Salton Sea, Slab City and Anza Borrego Desert.

The next few Mondays videos we will be recounting our adventures in the summer of 2017. We have quite a few adventures to share and love having you along for the ride.

Read more about these places on our blog:
Sedona, Meteor Crater, Petrified Forest, and more! https://www.mortonsonthemove.com/sedona-meteor-crater-petrified-forest-and-more
Joshua Tree National Park - https://www.mortonsonthemove.com/joshua-tree-national-park
Date Shakes, a Salty Sea, and the Last Free City - https://www.mortonsonthemove.com/date-shakes-a-salty-sea-the-last-free-city
Anza Borrego: https://www.mortonsonthemove.com/the-2017-superbloom-in-anza-borrego

Places Visited:
ARIZONA
Lake Pleasant, AZ – Picked up Ty & Jen & Saguaro cacti forest at Lake Pleasant; boondocking along lake - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Pleasant_Regional_Park
Sedona/Cottonwood, Arizona - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sedona,_Arizona
- Touring/Hiking – So much beauty in this area!
- Native Ruins (mainly cliff dwellings, well preserved in area, by sinagua indians)
- Montezuma's Castle & Well - Spring in desert near castle, naturally carbonated and full of arscnic (used by natives for irrigation) - https://www.nps.gov/moca/index.htm & https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montezuma_Well
-Tuzigoot National Monument - https://www.nps.gov/tuzi/index.htm
- Walnut Canyon National Monument - Near flagstaff, good example of cliff dwellings in canyon, great hike great informational center - https://www.nps.gov/waca/index.htm
- Devils bridge hike - first adventure in red rocks which the area is known for, natural rock bridge you can walk across - https://www.fs.usda.gov/recarea/coconino/recreation/recarea/?recid=55292
- Metor Crater - http://meteorcrater.com/
- Petrified Forest & Painted Desert National Park - Large concentration of exposed and preserved petrified wood from the late triassic period of the mesozoic era. Also had very well preserved petroglyphs. https://www.nps.gov/pefo/index.htm

CALIFORNIA
- Joshua Tree National Park- boondocking near the south entrance. Did you know that Joshua Tree was almost called “Desert Plants National Park”? This is because it is known for its incredible diversity of desert plants, as it encompasses the intersection of the Mojave Desert and the Colorado Deserts - two different ecosystems overlap. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joshua_Tree_National_Park
- Palm City - Shields Date Garden - Romance and Sex Life of the Date - Date Shake - https://www.shieldsdategarden.com/
- Salton Sea - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salton_Sea
- Bombay Beach California - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombay_Beach,_California
- Slab City - “The Slabs” - Campig in the Slab Low Lows - Chocolate Mountain, Machine gun fire, tracers, Bombing range - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slab_City,_California
- East Jesus - http://eastjesus.org/
- Salvation Mountain - http://www.salvationmountain.us/
- Art by street artist Christina Angelina - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christina_Angelina
- Anza Borrego Desert State Park – Super Bloom! Park is about 600,000 acres and it’s the largest state park in CA and second largest in the contiguous US. Hiked the Palm Canyon trail during the 2017 Superbloom. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anza-Borrego_Desert_State_Park
https://www.mortonsonthemove.com/the-2017-superbloom-in-anza-borrego
- Borrego Springs - Sky Art - metal structures - https://www.desertusa.com/borrego/bs-art.html
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