Camping at Lake Cahuilla in La Quinta California

We went camping at Lake Cahuilla in La Quinta, California. We had a great time watching the pelicans on the lake, hiking in the desert, and checking out the Salton Sea and the Joshua Tree South BLM lands for possible other camping. La Quinta is located in the California desert about halfway between Palm Springs and the south entrance to Joshua Tree National Park.

After a few days in La Quinta, we moved to the BLM camping south of Joshua Tree National Park for more desert adventures.

0:00 Chapters
0:23 Travel day and the Ojai farmers' market
1:02 Lake Cahuilla
1:46 Free camping at Joshua Tree
2:45 How was the Salton Sea formed & free camping
4:32 Replacing the headlight in our GMC Sierra
5:10 Pelicans at Lake Cahuilla
6:07 Cove to Lake Trail at Lake Cahuilla
8:30 Weather at La Quinta in January
9:00 Organizing ourselves at the Joshua Tree South BLM
13:00 Visiting the Noah Purifoy desert Art Museum
15:03 Bloopers

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