It took us a bit to find the Covington Flat trailhead after breaking camp. Its accessed via a forest road and a seperate park entrance.
11/15/2006 07:22 PM
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The trailhead at lower Covington Flat "picnic area". Our white whale for this morning was to find the largest Joshua Tree in the park, which was supposedly a short distance from the trailhead.
11/11/2006 08:13 AM
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The "picnic area" consisted of a picnic table and space for one or two cars.
11/11/2006 08:14 AM
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After a mile or two, we intersected the "California Riding and Hiking Trail" which is one of the main trails through the park.
11/11/2006 08:17 AM
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Todd stopping for a shot as the trail decended toward (yet another) dry wash.
11/11/2006 08:36 AM
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The California Riding and Hiking trail had mile markers, and we passed 28 (shown here) and 29 on our outing.
11/11/2006 09:02 AM
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Trail junction with the Covington Loop trail. We weren't originally planning on doing the whole loop, but the elusive big tree was apparently at Upper Covington Flat, not lower.
11/11/2006 09:05 AM
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The trail to Upper Covington flat heade up out of the canyon and had a better variety of vegetation.
11/11/2006 09:22 AM
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Lots of yuccas (and quite windy) on the way to Upper Covington Flat.
11/11/2006 09:22 AM
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