We took a bit of a detour from Joshua Tree National Park on Monday and drove two hours to the The Mojave National Preserve. The Mojave National Preserve is one of the largest national preserves within the continental United States and covers 1.6 million acres! It is home to sand dunes, petrified lava and the largest Joshua Tree forest in the world.
Read MoreAbout a month ago, Alex and I flew to California to explore Joshua Tree National Park. During the 1930’s, Minerva Hoyt, a desert lover and community activist, recognized the human threats to the ecosystem of the area and persuaded President Franklin D. Roosevelt to proclaim Joshua Tree a National Monument in 1936. It was renamed in 1994 to Joshua Tree National Park and protects over 790,000 acres - mostly wilderness - where the Mojave and Colorado Deserts converge.
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