I might have overdone it on the “budget” part. The trade-off was prison-quality toilet paper and a balky shower that got me damp rather than actually wet. I patronized area businesses, including a Mexican restaurant in Yucca Valley, El Guero, and made sure to be a tipster as well as a hipster.Īnd rather than take out a personal loan to go glamping, I stayed at a locally owned budget motel, where three nights cost less than one night in a boutique Airstream trailer camp. I hope I am the type of visitor Joshua Tree likes, or at least tolerates: respectful, curious and poor. Now please leave and take your trash and someone with you.”Ĭan’t blame any locals for being resentful. Guilt does wonders.) A sticker in the window of Mike’s Liquor in Joshua Tree reads in part: “Welcome to Joshua Tree. (Photo by David Allen, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG)Īt the Frontier Cafe in Yucca Valley, the tip jar bears this message: “Don’t just be a hipster, be a tipster.” (It was nearly full. Based on the cash inside, it seems to be effective. The tip jar at this Yucca Valley restaurant makes a point to tourists, but in a humorous way. They’re also in danger of being loved to death as they are overrun by weekenders and entitled visitors. One night as I walked past the art gallery La Matadora, a female rock trio, JackRabbit, was performing outside. I saw a flyer for a band named Alien Probe and for another named Anna Phylactic and the Shocks. Probably half the people I saw were under 30, White and decorated with tattoos, including a high percentage of men wearing manbuns. Even the old-school diners have soyrizo hash on their menus to keep up. If you are vegetarian or vegan, you would not starve. In the commercial districts of Joshua Tree and its neighboring communities, quirky shops and galleries add flavor, and many restaurants have eclectic fare. Joshua Tree, a desert trip worth taking.A Fiat must really be foreign in Joshua Tree.Birthday road trip to Joshua Tree is a gas.I like it.įor starters, the landscape is compelling, especially in the national park, which is primarily dirt, rocks and scrubby plants, including picturesque Joshua trees. I booked a cheap motel and headed east in my trusty Fiat for my first overnight trip in months. With the forecast calling for a sunny and warm Easter weekend, though, the timing felt right. Rather than travel, my primary birthday-month activities were 1) shivering and 2) wringing out my socks. The weather was so unsettled in March that I postponed my annual trip to Joshua Tree, where it was even colder than it was here.
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