Comments on: desert plants… in the desert http://www.soenyun.com/Blog/2008/12/30/desert-plants-in-the-desert/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:12:33 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: lostlandscape http://www.soenyun.com/Blog/2008/12/30/desert-plants-in-the-desert/comment-page-1/#comment-2023 lostlandscape Wed, 31 Dec 2008 18:52:22 +0000 http://www.soenyun.com/Blog/?p=2825#comment-2023 Hadleys date shakes--yessss! I remember that trip treat from years ago. There used to be a closer Hadleys, up the coat a dozen miles from here but they've been gone for a few years. And I agree on Joshua Tree being gorgeous. Within five miles of this hike spot begins an area that's virtually indistinguishable from Jtree, but there's no Hadleys on the way home. Poor design if I say so. Hadleys date shakes—yessss! I remember that trip treat from years ago. There used to be a closer Hadleys, up the coat a dozen miles from here but they’ve been gone for a few years.

And I agree on Joshua Tree being gorgeous. Within five miles of this hike spot begins an area that’s virtually indistinguishable from Jtree, but there’s no Hadleys on the way home. Poor design if I say so.

]]> By: Susan (garden-chick) http://www.soenyun.com/Blog/2008/12/30/desert-plants-in-the-desert/comment-page-1/#comment-2022 Susan (garden-chick) Wed, 31 Dec 2008 15:57:51 +0000 http://www.soenyun.com/Blog/?p=2825#comment-2022 Hi James, What a wonderful way to spend the day. I lived in Southern California (Riverside and Santa Barbara) until moving to Northern California 12 years ago. One of my favorite winter hikes was Joshua Tree - beautiful desert landscape, bright blue sky and absolute silence. Plus, the opportunity to stop at Hadleys for a Date Shake on the way home! Hi James,
What a wonderful way to spend the day. I lived in Southern California (Riverside and Santa Barbara) until moving to Northern California 12 years ago. One of my favorite winter hikes was Joshua Tree - beautiful desert landscape, bright blue sky and absolute silence. Plus, the opportunity to stop at Hadleys for a Date Shake on the way home!

]]> By: lostlandscape http://www.soenyun.com/Blog/2008/12/30/desert-plants-in-the-desert/comment-page-1/#comment-2020 lostlandscape Wed, 31 Dec 2008 03:29:48 +0000 http://www.soenyun.com/Blog/?p=2825#comment-2020 Glad you could come along for the hike, Philip! I agree with you about the effects of the desert on the mind. Its openness, its clarity seem to create similar things in a person's thoughts. I often feel sorry for folks who have always lived in surroundings that are lush in foliage but poor in the sense of space and geology that the desert affords. The ocotillo is definitely an impressive plant. In fact there's a town named after the plant within a dozen miles of the start of the hike. How could you not celebrate it? Glad you could come along for the hike, Philip!

I agree with you about the effects of the desert on the mind. Its openness, its clarity seem to create similar things in a person’s thoughts. I often feel sorry for folks who have always lived in surroundings that are lush in foliage but poor in the sense of space and geology that the desert affords.

The ocotillo is definitely an impressive plant. In fact there’s a town named after the plant within a dozen miles of the start of the hike. How could you not celebrate it?

]]> By: Philip http://www.soenyun.com/Blog/2008/12/30/desert-plants-in-the-desert/comment-page-1/#comment-2019 Philip Wed, 31 Dec 2008 03:07:16 +0000 http://www.soenyun.com/Blog/?p=2825#comment-2019 Hi James, I loved taking this hike, via your blog. We have traversed the desert, but never quite as far south to the US border. So interesting about the water pans. Perhaps there is too much salt. I love the dramatic shape of Fouquieria splendens, and I would love to see it leafing out. 13 1/2 miles is a good day of hiking, but looks wonderful in cooler temps. So poignant about the frying pan, and other markers of people's crossing. The desert clears the mind, and can be soul expanding, and in this place your thoughts on the human condition resonates. Hi James,
I loved taking this hike, via your blog. We have traversed the desert, but never quite as far south to the US border.
So interesting about the water pans. Perhaps there is too much salt. I love the dramatic shape of
Fouquieria splendens, and I would love to see it leafing out. 13 1/2 miles is a good day of hiking, but looks wonderful in cooler temps.
So poignant about the frying pan, and other markers of people’s crossing. The desert clears the mind, and can be soul expanding, and in this place your thoughts on the human condition resonates.

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