Friday October 2, 2020

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Across
  1. 4. desert snake
  2. 5. City the last free place in america
  3. 7. JTree doppleganger
  4. 9. hitters wear a blindfold
  5. 15. cool area under a banana tree
  6. 18. extraterrestrial rejuvenation machine
  7. 20. Nikki's Birthplace
  8. 22. cinnamon sugar fried dough treat
  9. 23. favorite holiday and 1983 flick
  10. 24. old Wild West movie set, home to Pappy & Harriet's
  11. 29. Beach Duney Malibu beach and site of engagement
  12. 30. Man "Marvin of the Mojave", the desert sasquatch
  13. 32. Tree Yucca Brevifolia
  14. 33. Dexter's Last Name
  15. 35. southernmost visitor center of JTNP
  16. 38. turns nikki grottano into NAG, feminine anthony
  17. 40. Rock trailhead where "we did"
  18. 41. Ground Sloths the original spreaders of joshua tree seeds
  19. 42. "The Bones of the Earth" - or Skull of Skull Rock
  20. 44. Birds Seasonal Desert - Dwellers and winter visitors to FL
  21. 45. hollywoods most frequented park, home to observatory
  22. 46. geomagnetic energy hotspot (integratron location and Sedona are both these)
  23. 48. "Jumping" Cactus - Or "Child's Best Friend" Cholla
  24. 49. is only a lot of drops of water (also is love)
  25. 50. first astrological sign, of new beginnings, john sun
  26. 51. oracle pocket-sized field guide to the desert+strange tales
  27. 53. prickly succulents and bassist of phish
  28. 54. N+J Surname Alias
  29. 55. last sign of zodiac, foot in unseen world, nikki sun
  30. 56. camp music festival where N+J met
Down
  1. 1. JTree's Largest Lizard
  2. 2. wren endemic desert bird and yucca valley book exchange
  3. 3. spicy pepper and street of casa de hollywoods
  4. 6. current moon phase
  5. 8. Stratus, cumulus, cumulonimbus, turtle
  6. 10. Where it starts and where it ends
  7. 11. Best way to get High (8516 ft) in Palm Springs
  8. 12. "Nice" Rocks
  9. 13. 66, J+N drive to LA
  10. 14. in between JW, a builder/worker in stone
  11. 16. western extension of the Sonoran Desert, other JTNP desert
  12. 17. John's Birthplace
  13. 19. beach and desert grains
  14. 21. basin or beans
  15. 25. Guormundurson + Guormundurson + Jarvinen + Haugen
  16. 26. "higher" of the two JTNP deserts
  17. 27. Bell fast food fave, "fourth meal"
  18. 28. any kind of "thing" to someone in Philly (john, but in philly)
  19. 31. crustacean inhabited footwear (wedding website password)
  20. 34. Channel Islands, Joshua Tree, Rocky Mountain, Saguaro
  21. 36. Luke's home planet (filmed in Death Valley NP)
  22. 37. ecosystem of Joshua Tree
  23. 39. h2o of the earth, miracle water
  24. 40. honeymoon home base
  25. 43. cabazon concrete creationist roadside attractions
  26. 47. current month abbrev
  27. 52. Coachella Valley's Best Sammies