Sunshine & Big Rocks — Casey Scieszka

We snuck off to Palm Springs and Joshua Tree for a few weeks of sunshine and big rocks and DAMN was it fun!

We started in out in Desert Hot Springs just 20 minutes away from Palm Springs at a house rental with Steven’s whole fam. Then we popped out to 29 Palms (where we stayed at the sweet and quirky 29 Palms Inn), then Pioneer Town (where we all piled into one room at the very cute and only joint in town the Pioneer Town Motel), then Joshua Tree proper (in a house we rented via Homestead Modern).

The highlight of course was the park itself because HOLY GUACAMOLE guys— those rocks! That blue sky! Those weird Dr. Seuss Joshua Trees! We’d been once before one hundred years ago (ok, fifteen years ago) to rock climb, but it was even more stunning than I remembered.

I’ve got a Stories Highlight on my Instagram profile of our favorite spots if you’re looking for recs. All in all I 10/10 recommend the area for a trip!