An American National Park

We arrived at Joshua Tree and were blown away by everything...

It seems I made a mistake.

You see, I thought going to Joshua Tree was my first experience of a National Park in America, but I was reminded that I previously visited Crator Lake in Oregon, and it too is a National Park.

These great American road trips - amazing as they are - take a lot out of me (and Teka). We have to cram in as much as possible in the short amount of time I’m able to be in the country.

But I do my best.

I often get comments along the lines of … “You went to [inset place] and you DIDN’T visit my favorite [insert specific place]? You may as well have not bothered.”

I must admit, these comments grate a bit, as I really do try my best to see as much as I can. In the short amount of days I’m able to spend in the US, the only way I’m able to see such a diverse range of places is by going fast.

So until y’all give me a visa, slow travel to America is out of the question!

Anyway, Joshua Tree was absolutely incredible. We loved everything about it.

Teka, being a huge Queens of the Stone Age fan, was living her Desert Rock best life, and pictured all the great music video scenes that came out of a place like this.

We both gazed in wonder at the rock formations and the desert plant life.

And then I found a tarantula! If my comments are anything to go by, seeing a tarantula is as normal as having a morning coffee, but for this Scottish man, you may as well have put me in Jurassic Park!

We loved every second of it.

My latest vlog shows some of the highlights (watch below or on your TV - just search ‘shaunvlog’ on the YouTube app):

Speak soon,

Shaun