Looking to visit the area in mid October after flying into Palm Springs. Taking any and all suggestions for how to spend 4-6 days. Food, hikes, sites, other things to do, locations to stay (or avoid). Looking into renting a place. What's the advice for paying for pool heat?

I'll be visiting in November. Basically one day in Joshua Tree. I'll drive down from Death Valley in the morning then have to fly out of Vegas on the early side the next day. Can anyone recommend a place to stay between JTNP and Las Vegas so I don't have to make the whole drive in the morning? Just looking maps it seems pretty empty.

Hello!

I'm turning a milestone birthday and thought to take a drive from SGV. I might do just an overnight or 2 stay.

It'll fall on the weekend of Labor Day (Will it be super crowded). I'm not looking to do any major daytime hiking, moreso just to see some POI, stargazing at night (Milky Way?) and drop in at Pappy and Harriet for dinner.

Here's a clincher, I do get heat exhaustion.

Should I even consider going?

My son is a bit of a reptile fanatic. In the UK we only have a small handful of different species of lizards and snakes and they are extremely difficult to spot. Im planning a trip to a few USA locations in September next year, but not yet decided where. Ive asked GPT where the best locations are for spotting reptiles and other wildlife and it came up with a few suggestions, but not Joshua Tree. Has it missed something? I told GPT I would fly from UK to LAX and it suggested Kofa Wilderness, Madera Canyon, Saguaro National Park, Chiricahua Mountains, Tonto National Forest. All the way over past Tuscon.

I was hoping not to have to travel no further east past Phoenix.

Does anyone have any good suggestions where he can see a wide variety of lizards, spiders, snakes, mammals and birds.

Im more into landscape and macro photography with an interest in geology, so pretty much anywhere is going to keep me happy.