Where the streets have no name…

Well, actually they all do, even the little dirt tracks off to the middle of nowhere, so I guess U2 got that one wrong. For the music fans out there, that means we’re heading to the Joshua Tree National Park, making the full use of the $80 pass we’ve bought, and breaking up a 250 mile driving day. It was another scorcher, so top up and air-con on again, but when you realise that the park is actually the boundary between two deserts, it explains the heat. Anyway, we cruised through the park, with U2 playing all the way through, the music actually fits well with the scenery, so either this is another Pink Floyd – Wizard of Oz link, or could just be me, as I think I’d find U2 music fitting anywhere…
The Joshua Tree portion of the park is actually quite small, and limited to the cooler (~35 Celsius!), higher Mohave desert, the park then drops down to the hotter Colorado desert, with the cacti you’d expect. Wildlife seemed to be quite abundant too, strange white lizards, little squirrel creatures, and a coyote have been added to the list.
We’re now reaching the end of the US part of our trip, tomorrow is LA but only for the day as we’re flying out to Rarotonga in the evening. I’m not sure what the internet access will be like for the next two weeks, so blog updates may be sporadic – I’ve added lots of photos to the link to the right – health warning: there’s an awful lot of them, but hopefully not too boring!