This turned out better than we expected. We booked the tour for Monday 7:30am. Worked out GREAT. The wife and I were the only 2 scheduled, so we got our own private tour with Kolin aka Mr. Chiclets. Yeah, we could have easily driven through Joshua Tree ourselves but I don't think we would have had appreciated the park as much. Kolin was full of knowledge and facts about the park. From how vast and enormous the park is to helping us understand 'thirsty bees'. Kolin made the tour super fun. Good hearted guy and will take care of you. After the tour, Kolin suggested with go visit the Oasis...literally, there's an oasis in the middle of Palm Spring. Thanks Kolin for the wonderful day, we'll see you again. Go get that whitestrip on...i saw a little 'yellowing'...lol