{"id":12461,"date":"2019-12-29T18:30:45","date_gmt":"2019-12-30T02:30:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mountaininterval.org\/journal\/?p=12461"},"modified":"2019-12-31T08:31:05","modified_gmt":"2019-12-31T16:31:05","slug":"shower-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/mountaininterval.org\/journal\/2019\/12\/29\/shower-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Shower Time"},"content":{"rendered":"

I woke up just before sunrise a few miles from the Kelso Dunes<\/a>, and started the day with a hike up the dunes to take in the Mojave National Preserve from above; not a terrible way to start a day.<\/p>\n

Continuing this trip’s theme of visiting new places, I headed south from Mojave to Route 66 and the town of Amboy<\/a> (population: 4), which is apparently located next to a massive volcanic cone, a huge lava field, and a giant dry lakebed that is now a chloride mine. Who knew that combination existed? Heading south from there I eventually got to Joshua Tree National Park, which is apparently WAY more popular than it was when I last visited a decade ago. Watching people park on the roads, walk off trail, and generally disregard all park rules I was reminded how much the other humans stress me out, so I found a mostly-empty lot next to a trailhead and hiked up Porcupine Wash until the only reminder that other people inhabit this planet was the sound of planes overhead.<\/p>\n

Tonight I was actually debating heading home to take a shower, but decided that was nuts since I so rarely get time to take a road trip, so I sprung for a hotel room, washed several layers of stink and pain off in the shower, and will sleep in a warm, comfortable bed for the first time in a few days before getting up early to conclude this little adventure tomorrow.<\/p>\n

\"Self-portrait,<\/div>\n
Self-portrait, Kelso Dunes, Mojave National Preserve. Starting the day alone on a dune several hundred feet above the desert floor is not a bad way to live.<\/div>\n
\"Cactus<\/div>\n
Cactus Detail, Mojave National Preserve.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I woke up just before sunrise a few miles from the Kelso Dunes, and started the day with a hike up the dunes to take in the Mojave National Preserve from above; not a terrible way to start a day. Continuing this trip’s theme of visiting new places, I headed south from Mojave to Route … Continue reading “Shower Time”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[31,30],"class_list":["post-12461","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-journal","tag-man-trip","tag-photography"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/mountaininterval.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12461","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/mountaininterval.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/mountaininterval.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mountaininterval.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mountaininterval.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12461"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"http:\/\/mountaininterval.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12461\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12496,"href":"http:\/\/mountaininterval.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12461\/revisions\/12496"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/mountaininterval.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12461"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mountaininterval.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12461"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mountaininterval.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12461"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}