{"id":528,"date":"2010-04-10T07:36:25","date_gmt":"2010-04-10T15:36:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/?p=528"},"modified":"2010-04-28T21:36:35","modified_gmt":"2010-04-29T05:36:35","slug":"joshua-tree-national-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/?p=528","title":{"rendered":"Joshua Tree National Park"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The last month or so has been pretty tough for me on the MTB front.\u00a0 Between a couple of injuries, illness and major work project here in San Diego I have not seen much bike action at all.\u00a0\u00a0 Big projects at work are a whole lot easier when they involve travel as you don&#8217;t have to play the work-family balance game.\u00a0\u00a0 A couple of weeks ago, I went out to Joshua Tree National Park to take a look see.\u00a0 I really did not know what to expect.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" style=\"border: black 3px solid;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/imagescaler\/4e5ca768c7a2e91d1a963589f45eecd6.jpg?resize=840%2C560\" alt=\"\" width=\"840\" height=\"560\" imagescaler=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/imagescaler\/4e5ca768c7a2e91d1a963589f45eecd6.jpg?resize=840%2C560\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0 One thing for certain there is a lot of open space out here.\u00a0\u00a0 Pinkham Canyon to Thermal Canyon and back was the route for the day.\u00a0 It was to be an all dirt road\u00a0 affair.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" style=\"border: black 3px solid;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/imagescaler\/94d501d51069f897dbcf146c3919a8de.jpg?resize=599%2C899\" alt=\"\" width=\"599\" height=\"899\" imagescaler=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/imagescaler\/94d501d51069f897dbcf146c3919a8de.jpg?resize=599%2C899\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>As far as dirt road goes, I have ridden far less interesting section of dirt in the past.\u00a0\u00a0 It is certainly desert out here.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" style=\"border: black 3px solid;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/imagescaler\/14e966baa07facd7e0af3adf7e34a5c4.jpg?resize=599%2C899\" alt=\"\" width=\"599\" height=\"899\" imagescaler=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/imagescaler\/14e966baa07facd7e0af3adf7e34a5c4.jpg?resize=599%2C899\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Out near the end fo the out and back we checked out the leftover bits on the Silver Cloud mine.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" style=\"border: black 3px solid;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/imagescaler\/60ffb36d431e9bced7313b9316086b7d.jpg?resize=599%2C899\" alt=\"\" width=\"599\" height=\"899\" imagescaler=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/imagescaler\/60ffb36d431e9bced7313b9316086b7d.jpg?resize=599%2C899\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>While looking at the maps, the thought of doing a multi-day MTB self-sustained camping loop would be cool.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" style=\"border: black 3px solid;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/imagescaler\/3de97a585d0c415bcb1901455a4423a4.jpg?resize=840%2C560\" alt=\"\" width=\"840\" height=\"560\" imagescaler=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/imagescaler\/3de97a585d0c415bcb1901455a4423a4.jpg?resize=840%2C560\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, 75 percent of the park has been designated as wilderness so much of the cool bits would be off limits to bikes.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 I only cut through a small sliver of this place.\u00a0 I some point I&#8217;m going to get back here to check out the northern end of the place.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mtbbill.com\/cpg\/albums\/JoshuaTreeNP\/normal_JoshuaTreeNP-14MAR10-02.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<!-- Begin Yuzo --><div class='yuzo_related_post style-1'  data-version='5.12.81'><!-- without result --><div class='yuzo_clearfixed yuzo__title yuzo__title'><h3>More Stuff Like This<\/h3><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t  <div class=\"relatedthumb \" style=\"width:165px;float:left;overflow:hidden;\">  \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/?p=2086\"  >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  <div class=\"yuzo-img-wrap \" style=\"width: 165px;height:130px;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"yuzo-img\" style=\"background:url('https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/162A4641-01.jpeg?resize=150%2C150&ssl=1') 50% 50% no-repeat;width: 165px;height:130px;margin-bottom: 5px;background-size: cover; 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