Photo Friday: The Forest for the Trees

Joshua Tree National Park

This is one of the most unusual forests I've ever visited. Though named "trees" the Joshua tree is more like a cactus. It's related to the agave, but I don't think you can get tequila from this bizarre plant.

What's even more crazy is that this area, the Mojave Desert, is only about a hundred miles from the beaches where Baywatch was filmed (you remember Baywatch, right?). From endless water to arid desert on one short drive.

I could talk about how this picture...