Day two of van life 3.0, Sept 30th, 2025


Good morning from Pinnacles nat park.  Up at 6, we sleep in till 630am, and on the road by 7am.  Headed deeper I to the park, and turns out it was a good call, as parking filled up quickly at Moses Spring Trail parking lot when we got back to the van.

Trail is great, head mauka on Moses trail till you get to the resivor so you can take the cave downhill.  Cave is totally fun, we both gave it a 5 out of 5 on the coney must do meter.  Easy trail and the cave is super cool, and fun...
andnoff we go, 7am!
Wonderful rock formations.


local hole in the wall.... Or just a hole..
Hint: best bet if you go, head to the reservoir, so you can come down the caves, mo-easy...


morning hits the hills..

thank goodness, I'm on a diet, or I might not fit...
We escape the bear cave loop. Sunlight greats us.

we get back to our mobile home.  Parking lot is full and being circled with cars wanting to park.

Our new relive hiking rating...two fives, although I have my thumb down, I'm an idiot.  Coneys give it two  unanimous fives for simple, easy and super cool. Be sure to have a flashlight 🔦.

Our relive video gizmo thingy

The drive to Joshua tree National park takes about six hours, with a stop for a burp dog and gas at Costcos.  We find six avos for five bucks, the same price as a vegetable stand we had stopped at.  Costco avos looked better and tasted great in our sandwichs.

we made it to the West entrance to Joshua tree nat park.

Ka'a Nui did use well!
my favorite Rockstar!
Somebody say Kaukau!
night time in the park...
good night!


























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