Joshua Tree-one of my first desert trips...

I moved to California from Long Island, NY in July, 1989.  Shortly after I arrived, I drove out to Joshua Tree National Monument (I was living in Glendale, CA at the time, and I think that the park was still a state park, then) in my brand-new Dodge Daytona.  This photograph was shot with slide film, during a time when I was still honing my photographic skills.

Photo by Scott Schwartz