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A joshua tree sprouts in the heavily burned hills south of Cedar Canyon Road

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03245-joshua-tree.jpg I walk across Cedar Canyon Road, then Cedar Wash, then climb up the hill on a trail-less route back to Mid Hills campgroundThumbnailsA burned joshua tree in the Mid Hills a couple hundred feet above the south side of Cedar Canyon RoadI walk across Cedar Canyon Road, then Cedar Wash, then climb up the hill on a trail-less route back to Mid Hills campgroundThumbnailsA burned joshua tree in the Mid Hills a couple hundred feet above the south side of Cedar Canyon RoadI walk across Cedar Canyon Road, then Cedar Wash, then climb up the hill on a trail-less route back to Mid Hills campgroundThumbnailsA burned joshua tree in the Mid Hills a couple hundred feet above the south side of Cedar Canyon RoadI walk across Cedar Canyon Road, then Cedar Wash, then climb up the hill on a trail-less route back to Mid Hills campgroundThumbnailsA burned joshua tree in the Mid Hills a couple hundred feet above the south side of Cedar Canyon RoadI walk across Cedar Canyon Road, then Cedar Wash, then climb up the hill on a trail-less route back to Mid Hills campgroundThumbnailsA burned joshua tree in the Mid Hills a couple hundred feet above the south side of Cedar Canyon Road

The joshua tree sprout looks tender, but I learned that it's as tough as a nail by riding over one (and getting a flat tire) near Keystone Canyon during my 2000 Mojave National Preserve trip.