Low Desert

Joshua trees, mesquite bushes, lizards, rattlesnakes, 100 degree heat… just the way we like it.

What a contrast from camping at 8,000 feet in the Spring Mountains to BLM lands in the Virgin River Gorge (around 2,500 ft.) in the northwest corner of Arizona. As as is the case with much of the West, the river was very low and lukewarm when we dipped our toes in it. (It still felt good.)

Too hot to sleep at night so we sat up late checking out the stars.