Desert Spring Break - Tuesday

Tuesday turned into our "back country" day. Our goal for the day was Lost Palms Oasis. We loaded up a night's food, our tents and sleeping bags and lots of water into our backpacks and headed out. All of the day-trippers from LA looked at us like we were crazy.
Tuesday was warm. I'd even go so far as to say hot. Especially when you're carrying 20 pounds on your back. About three miles in we found an area with enough flat space to put up our tents. Had lunch. Applied more sunscreen and continued on to the Palm Oasis.
After so many days in the desert it's odd to see water effectively coming out of rocks, but it in fact happens. Here's a Palm Tree I sat under:



I also apparently take fewer picture when I'm carrying a lot on my back.
After we finished relaxing under the Palm Trees, Mel and I decided to try and find Victory Palms, reported to be about a mile beyond Lost Palms Oasis. By this point though the trail turned rocky, and there was some scrambling over rocks. In the end the impending sunset kept us from actually finding the second oasis, but it was a fun little adventure.
We returned to camp and cooked by moon and flashlight. Chatted about life the universe and everything and fell asleep.