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... of San Jacinto with autumn afternoon sunlight. The contrast of colors is aesthetically pleasing. It just looks beautiful. The air is crisp and clean. The sky is royal blue. The mood is nothing but positive. Maybe its because the last couple of mile to the summit are not as grueling as the first eleven miles of constant steep ascent. At one point both of my quadriceps had been cramping and my left knee had me wandering if I was going to make it. Thanks to Martin ...

So Leah and I made it out to California last week and attended Festival 8 for Phish's Halloween weekend.<br><br>I've been to one of the previous 7 festivals and they've played 5 Halloween shows. This is their first Halloween festival and my first holiday experience. The best part of the evening is when they cover another band's entire album, taking it on as a "musical costume". This time was The Rolling Stone's Exile on Main ...

... or river or some form of natural source of water. However, an RV Park is best described as a large parking lot, with electric and water points, and public facilities. RV Parks are quite popular in the US, and hence the facilities can be very modern. For example, this particular RV Park has a golf course, an indoor swimming pool, spa ...

I am totally exhausted after a whole day wandering around the Joshua Tree National Park in the desert heat. <br><br>We are camping for the first night in 29 Palms. Woot-woot! We started out the evening great, already cooked and ate out of our van. Ok... it was ...

... the next couple of days, but Nike was about the only shop available.<br><br>Going to check out a restaurant called Wang's in the Desert for dinner.<br><br>Please bear with me re my boring posts. We have not yet managed to buy cables and adaptors, so cannot quite write so much and upload pics.<br><br>Hope to have something tomorrow.<br>

Freedom. Love. Truth. 3 words I can say for my weekend at Bahkti Yoga Festival @ Joshua Tree. The 1st day we were there was hot as hell! The sun drained our energy so we did yoga and crashed out for the night. Woke up to an amazing sunrise outside of our tent amongst the joshua trees. (How did they get the name Joshua anyway?) <br><br>We took a class with Shiva Rea who is ...

... They were in Canada for the month. We were also waiting for our little puppy to get old enough to come home.  We got a little bug and for the first time this season felt under the weather. It is interesting how healthy we've been. Feeling crummy being in the desert, hanging in the sun, watching spring while the rest of the world is covered in snow was a-okay.  I really missed San ...

... very little difficulty. (Of course it helps to have all the luxuries that our unit has to offer i.e.: washer/dryer, dish washer, great furnace and air conditioning unit, king size bed, four TV's with built in satellite system etc.). We aren't exactly roughing it! I don't miss having a huge home and a big yard. There is a lot to be said for being able to do a thorough job of house cleaning in two hours and no yard work. When we decide to settle down we will definitely down ...

After touring San Diego, our last stop was<br>Palm Springs, CA. This city is in the middle of the desert surrounded<br>by mountains. As you drive through, there are high winds you can<br>encounter with sand blowing onto the road, so slow down and drive with<br>caution, especially at night watch out for nocturnal ...

... for o2's roaming network. But they were rubbish. My 3G internet connection kept dropping, as did the Skype phonecall I was trying to make on order to pick up my bank details. My mum thought I was drunk on a gutter somewhere as the voice quality deterioriated over the net. Making an international call was even worse - I could hear what the recipient had to say but they could not hear me. This was true even after a 10 minute wait to get through to my bank. So by ...