Key's View overlooks the Coachella Valley and on clear days, one can see the Salton Sea and all the way to Mexico. But not today.
Joshua Tree National Park is one of the most popular rock climbing areas in the world.
Teddy Bear Colla (Opuntia bigelovii) appear covered with soft beige bristles, which account for its common, innocuous name. However these bristles are hardened spines, each tipped with a microscopic barb, or glochid. These unperceivable barbs earn it its second nickname, ‘Jumping Cholla’, because entire joints can detach and imbed a transgressor with even the slightest touch.
