Everything is so barren, but at the same time it’s hard to find a place without more joshua trees in the background. I didn’t see too many of them but there are these small chipmunk/squirrel creatures running around in the desert. (I just looked them up and the internet claims that they’re “California Chipmunks”)

Everywhere i walked were holes that they had burrowed through the sandy desert floor but for the first 30 minutes or so though i didn’t know what lived in there and kept expecting a rattlesnake to strike as i walked around. In the end the only thing i got bitten by was a cactus – which i think is still wedged in my boot.