Joshua Tree National Park

Margot took me to see the Joshua Tree National Park.  These unusual trees can only be found in the Mojave Desert and they only grow about 3 inches per year.  They serve no real purpose until they die, when they become a source of food and shelter for desert animals.  If left alone Joshua trees would grow straight up, like Palm trees; it is only when the tree experiences "trama" do branches shoot off of the main trunk.  I think they came straight out of a Dr. Seuss book.