I made the mistake of trying to see too many places in a short period of time. I took the RV down to southern cal for a little winter vacation and even though LA, palm springs and Joshua Tree national park is not that far apart of each other, I particularly dislike the 10 hour drive home by myself! I think this is the 3 national park i went to this year and again, i spent way too little time in it. It had been over 10 years since i last visit joshua tree and i was delighted to experience it again with the kiddo. even though we only spend one night there, we got to climb the big rocks and take a nice hike the next morning before heading back. i wanted to take some starry night photos but the full moon was in effect so my attempt was rather futile.