CJ Grand Hotel & Spa Desert Hot Springs

-It's about 4:30 AM. Martin Schatz and I are buzzing off of a potent brew of coffee his grandma made us. We have began our hike an hour and a half ago and have been charging up a mountainside in the dark to what would turn out to be the beginning of a 22 mile hike. The trail is known as the Cactus to Clouds which is claimed to be in the top five hardest day hikes in the lower 48 states. It connects the desert floor which is 200 feet above sea level with San ...

... be able to change color at his control. They had also had some kind of fire-art group come and set up all kids of displays that had a fire theme. Some you could even control shooting flames into the air!<br><br>The week before we went to Roger Cunningham's birthday and then Eric Koch's as well for a "try your costume" costume party. Lot's of fun this time of year.<br><br>Hope all are doing great and Leah sends greetings too!

I had made many a trips to Big Bear during the snowboarding season being that it is really the only place you can do a day trip from Vegas. However a few times we got the luxury of having a place to crash for the night. Only Teresa and I would somehow manage to be able to make a crash pad out of Oscar de la Hoyas Big Bear cabin and training compound. The two of us and usually 15 or so of the worlds best fighters under one roof..... we consider ourselves very lucky ladies :)

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... fitness center, games room and internet access. It is great for people with their massive modern mobile homes, which are like studio flats on wheels.<br><br>We will be moving on to Grand Canyon today and will be camping in a more primitive campground, with no electric hookups. I am sure it will provide us with a whole new experience.<br>

... instant noodles, but still... it was a good camping experience! Why instant noodles, you may ask. We just had way too much fatty food today and couldn't find a decent grocery store in the vicinity, so we decided to have a quick and easy dinner.<br><br><br>

... rest of Texas (a lot of flat, boring landscape) then into New Mexico. Took us 4 days to get to Casa Grande, Arizona where we met up with friends from home, Mike and Shirley. Had a really nice visit there, checking out the area for possible destination next year. From there, we made our way to California. Found a site at Quail Valley in Desert ...

... animals<br>running onto the street. We took the palm springs aerial tram up onto<br>the mountains. The 10 minute ride gives you amazing vies of the<br>mountains. It is a very pretty place to see and our last stop. I loved<br>our time here in California and there are many memories we will take<br>back with us.<br>

... No guarantees because he's busy and only said he would consider it but the theatre only seats 20 or so people and we are a big family who likes to travel. You do the math. On Sunday, Amy and I went out to eat at Crossroads again then head in to Joshua Tree Nat'l Park. Unfortunately, Gar had to work. One of the things we saw was Cap Rock or Gram Parsons' rock. Look up the story behind it if you don't know it becuase it's very interesting ...

... in that I could buy a voucher or coupon with cash. Eureka! Except Hertz didn't sell them. They did offer to drive me to a hotel the suspected sold them, but someone finally came up with an idea that worked: within seconds I was onto the international operator and asking for a reverse-charged, collect call to the UK. She said something about it not being possible but connected me anyway. Yipee! I finally got through to the same woman who couldn't hear me when I ...