joshua tree national park

Towards the end of 2014, I wrapped up what turned out to be quite the road trip around the US. I logged somewhere around 12,000 miles in my lil car from August to December. Nuts, yea? Perhaps, a little. That's ok, we're all a little bit crazy.My route included driving through Texas over to Southern California, finding myself visiting the Salton Sea and Joshua Tree National Park, en route to L.A. to see family.The Salton Sea has a different atmosphere than other places I've visited, I'm not sure what it is, there's a sense of abandonment, yet growth. It has definitely changed, a little since I was there in 2011.Here I like to pause and reflect and enjoy the serenity and views.Then on to Joshua Tree National Park. What is it about these trees, their varied characters that is so appealing? I'm not completely sure, but what beauties they are.All of these images were taken with the Fuji XT-1 and edited with Lightroom and Alien Skin Software's Exposure 6.