I got my bags back on a roll heading out there and I'm ready to go looking real good

in my passport photo amateur traveler episode 594. Today the amateur traveler talks about palm trees and

miners, deserts and desperados, and of course Joshua trees as we go to Joshua Tree National Park.

Welcome to the amateur traveler. I'm your host Chris Christensen. There's going to be

some news about the 2019 amateur traveler trip at the end of the show so stay

tuned for that.

But first, let's talk about Joshua Tree.

I'd like to welcome the show Jeff Olaf's retired Chief Ranger

from Joshua Tree National Park.

And strangely enough, today we're going to talk about

Joshua Tree National Park.

Jeff, welcome to the show.

Hey, thanks, Chris.

It's a real pleasure.

I really do enjoy your podcast, so I'm happy to help to contribute.

Well, thanks. Well, I was saying just before the show that you seemed like you're probably going to be the best

guest I could get on this destination, and you told me that maybe there was somebody else so I you know I'm

already starting disappointed.

Sorry about that yeah it's a dear friend but I've got 26 years there and I've typed over a thousand

miles in the park so I

may it was very few people who would do for us I think we're probably okay so where

is Joshua tree first of all I'm not sure that everybody's familiar with it this

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