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Follow my blog with Bloglovin Borrego Springs Borrego Springs is recognized as a designated "international dark sky" settlement, therefore there are no stop lights in Borrego Springs and night time lighting is kept to a minimum to protect the views of the night sky.  It provides outstanding opportunities for exploring the star filled night sky.  Borrego Springs has pueblo-style, modern architecture and ranch-style house architecture. Borrego Springs was designated as California's first International Dark-Sky Community by the International Dark-Sky Association. It is a center for public astronomy activities throughout the year. The name of Anza-Borrego State Park is derived from a combination of Juan Bautista de Anza and "borrego" which is Spanish for little lamb,or bighorn sheep.  The 600,000 acres Anza-Borrego Desert State Park surrounds the town and it is the largest state park in California. Anza-Borrego Desert State Park is located on the easter

Follow my blog with Bloglovin Joshua tree National Park Joshua Tree National Park is immense, nearly 800,000 acres, and infinitely variable. It can seem unwelcoming, even brutal during the heat of summer when, in fact, it is delicate and extremely fragile. This is a land shaped by strong winds, sudden torrents of rain, and climatic extremes. Rainfall is sparse and unpredictable. Stream beds are usually dry and waterholes are few. Viewed in summer, this land may appear defeated and dead, but within this parched environment are intricate living systems waiting for the opportune moment to reproduce. The individuals, both plant and animal, that inhabit the park are not individualists. They depend on their entire ecosystem for survival. Joshua trees take many different forms. Sometimes they are full and bushy, other times spindly and open in their overall shape. Spring rains may bring clusters of white-green flowers on long stalks at branch tips. Like all desert blooms, Joshua