This document provides photos and descriptions from a hiking trip through the Mojave Desert. It includes pictures of wildlife like morning doves and lizards seen on the hike, as well as descriptions of the Joshua tree and the harsh desert landscape. Details are given about the trails hiked, including Black Rock Canyon, Panorama Loop, and Warren Peak, as well as people met along the way.

1. HAPPY
VA L E N T I N E S
DAY
FRO M
TH E
D ESER T

2. HELLO
F RO M
U P HIGH
IN THE MOHAV E
DESERT

3. MORNING DOVE
THIS MORNING DOVE GREETED
US ON THE FIRST DAY OF
HIKING. WE STARTED EARLY AND
HIKED UNTIL ABOUT 3:30-4:00PM.
TO THE RIGHT IS A LIZARD
BASKING THE SUN.
JOS H UA T R EE
IS NOT REALLY A TREE BUT A
YUCCA, AND A MEMBER OF THE
AGAVE FAMILY. IT WAS GIVEN
ITS NAME BY A BUNCH OF
MORMON SETTLERS THAT
THOUGHT THE LIMBS OF THE TREE
WAS REACHING OUT FOR GOD
AND SHOWING THE WAY WEST.
NATIVES CALL THE PLANT
HUMWICHAWA.
H A R S H B E AU T Y
THERE IS NOTHING SOFT IN THE
DESERT EXCEPT THE SAND IN THE
DRY WASHES.
WE HIKED THE BLACK ROCK
CANYON TRAIL, THE PANORAMA
LOOP, WARREN PEAK AND
WARREN VIEW.

5. T H E B U R N T H I L L , E U R E K A , C A N YO N V I E W,
FAULT TRAIL LOOP

6. ON THE TRAIL
1. WE MET APRIL
2. DIESEL
3. CHANTELL
4. APRIL IS A RESCUE
5. RIDING IS FRAN, SUSAN,
AND ALI