Friday October 2, 2020

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