It's been years since visiting what I call "stamp rock" in Joshua Tree National Park.
If my memory can be trusted (probably not!), I seem to recall the artist took some liberties with that large Joshua tree. Either he added it just to enhance the painting, or it was there at the time but has long since fallen over and disappeared. I thought I knew right where stamp rock was, but as it turned out, I didn't, and Mitch and I did a lot of hiking around the Hidden Valley area of Joshua Tree National Park before finally finding it. That's OK, there's lots to see! Toothy grin! Can you guess what the white stuff is on the "teeth"? That's climbers chalk. They put it on their hands to help them grip the rock.  |
| Delicate balance! |
We came across some incredible pictographs, although not in this area. I'm sharing it here so as not to give away its true location.
Old dam built by the early ranchers. And thanks to recent rain, it was full of water. What a nice surprise!
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| Alien Rock!! |
And finally we found it... stamp rock!! But if you look closely and compare it to the stamp, it's definitely the same rock formation, but it's inverted. Like looking at a mirror image. Very strange!
So I used Photoshop to flip the image horizontally, and I used AI to add a Joshua Tree. Now if you compare this to the stamp, there is no doubt this is the rock formation the artist used for inspiration. Pretty cool!  |
| Later that evening, enjoying the stars. |
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| Until next time!! |
Thanks for stopping by!
