On the Sinclair Trails blog: we celebrated our 28th wedding anniversary back in April by going back to Disneyland. (Yes, my blog posts are a few months behind.)

On the Sinclair Trails blog: I forgot to cross-post about our third visit to Joshua Tree National Park. (Which also includes some 360° camera videos.)

On the Sinclair Trails blog: another visit to Joshua Tree National Park, this time in the evening, going in the south entrance. Like most of the popular parks, this one is very busy during the day, but much less so in the evening.

On the Sinclair Trails blog: we visited Joshua Tree National Park several times while staying in Palm Desert. On the first day, we visited all five of the visitor centers, drove though the park, and did a shortish hike. 🥾

On the Sinclair Trails blog: while staying in Yermo, California, we had dinner at Peggy Sue’s 50’s Diner, a classic roadside diner built in 1954, and restored with lots of movie memorabilia. And a 5 & Dime store and dinosaur park. 🍔🦖

On the Sinclair Trails blog: while staying in Yermo, California, we visited the nearby Calico Ghost Town, an old West silver mining town that was founded in 1881 and became a ghost town just 15 years later.

On the Sinclair Trails blog: Death Valley Mesquite Flat Sand Dunes and Stovepipe Wells.

On the Sinclair Trails blog: we walked below sea level in Death Valley’s Badwater Basin, a salt flat in the lowest point in North America, at 282 feet (86 m) below sea level.

On the Sinclair Trails blog: Death Valley Star Wars locations driving tour.