Pines to Palms Highway

After my morning hike on Stonewall Peak, I set out for Joshua Tree National Park, a three hour drive away. The entire route from Julian to the park was scenic, but one particular stretch, California 74 between Anza and Palm Desert, was especially so. Dubbed, I later learned, the Pines to Palm Highway, the highway crosses the Santa Rosa mountains east of Coachella Valley, the home to Palm Springs. I stopped a number of times to take pictures along the road. Here are six of them.

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