Includes: Transportation, Hotel Accommodations, Breakfast & Lunch (Student Financially Responsible for Dinners)
Faculty (PHO - Kern, Cedré, Hoehne. GDM - Berger, Dallas, Wright, Nyquest.)
Accommodations
Best Western Gardens Hotel at Joshua Tree National Park
71487 Twentynine Palms Highway
Twentynine Palms, California 92277
Tentative Schedule
Friday October 5th
8:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Equipment Room (Cage) Open for Return/Checkout
Cage will be closed the rest of the day due to Desert Trip.
11:30 AM - 12:00 NOON
Please Eat Lunch Before Arriving, Or Bring Lunch/Snacks
Meet at James Building, Loading Dock
12:00 NOON
Depart CBU
2:00 PM
PHO 360 - Photo and Social Engagement with Professors Cedré & Kern
Sant Khalsa Studio Visit
62395 Holiday Way, Joshua Tree 92252
2:00 PM
GDM + PHO - Desert Exploration
6:00 PM
Check-in and Reconnect at Best Western
7:00 PM
Dinner in Twenty Nine Palms
Saturday October 6th
6:30-7:30 AM
Breakfast in Hotel
7:30 AM
PHO 360 travel to Park Ranger Meetup Point
8:00 AM
Park Ranger Tour for an hour with PHO 360 students and others.
SJP meets group at Oasis Visitor Center. 5 minute walk to the Oasis of Mara (bench available at the Oasis) to discuss management of cultural and natural resources
8:45 AM
Group departs Oasis Visitor Center for Skull Rock.
9:00 AM
Arrive at Skull Rock, exit vehicles for photo op, discussion of recreational uses in the park.
9:15 AM
Depart Skull Rock for Cap Rock, SJP gives prompts for discussion in vehicles along the way.
9:30 AM
Arrive Cap Rock, trail is a one-third-mile loop with benches along the way, frequent stops will be made for climate change discussion.
10:30 AM
SJP says goodbye to the group because she has to go lead the Jr. Ranger Discover Hike, recommends they drive up to the Keys View Overlook, approximately a 5 minute drive from Cap Rock, no hiking necessary to see the view from the lower overlook, upper overlook is a very short walk up a steep sidewalk with benches along the way.
10:30 AM
PHO 360 to Sync up with GDM+PHO
10:00 AM - 10:00 PM
GDM + PHO - Photography permit to Photograph and Film in specific areas of the park. (All Day Permit)
Twin Tanks Parking Lot (Google Maps)
Boxed Lunches
7:00 PM
Dinner in Twenty Nine Palms
Sunday October 7th
7:00 - 8:00 AM
Breakfast in Hotel
9:00 AM
Check out of Hotel
Travel to Bombay Beach, Salton Sea
11:00 AM
Arrive at Bombay Beach, Salton Sea - Explore & Photograph, Etc.
Boxed Lunches
12:30 PM
Travel to Salvation Mountain
12:45 PM
Arrive at Salvation Mountain - Explore & Photograph, Etc.
2:00 PM
Travel back to CBU
5:00 PM
Arrive back at CBU