Comfort Suites Palm Desert

... God. Apparently they were up there experiencing his wonder and stuff – which is fine by me but I could probably have used the time on actually looking at said wonder. I cunningly directed them the big trees at Humbolt – as they are wonderful – and made my excuses.

The scenic lookout was swamped by more people from the same group and as they were mid sermon I couldn’t really push ...

The 2am awakening was a bad move. I had to get up and have some food which further contributed to my inability to get back to sleep and it was approaching 4am when I did fall asleep again – right through to 8.30 – ****! I still had all the admin and **** to do – bills to pay, blogs to blog and all that good stuff so it was a shocking 11.30 before I set out for the day's activities which were centred on the Joshua Tree National Park.

The JT, my Lonely ...

... I could make from G6 but decided as my Mum reads this I better stick with the Gee-whiz which is now my chariot of fire until the end of Feb.

Getting on the freeway at 2pm was a relief as I was tiring fast from the journey. Unfortunately me and the ****-Nav had a few more problems. To be clear this was a different Sat Nav from the ones used previously but you know they all talk to each other. What I learnt from this trip was ...

... to Hawaii. Going to sleep pretty early every night after a couple homemade cocktails! Trader joes is by far the best store in the world. Wonderful salads, pizzas, wine and snacks for all under $5. Bringing back lots of wine,sake, curry sauces and snacks for my new place in palolo with my bf! Thanksgiving at yayas house was to die for! Wonderful turkey, ham, homemade cranberry sauce and mashed potatoes! Yum ...

... mourants, montrant en premier plan leurs vieilles maisons rafistolees de tole et de planches disparates.

Arrivee a Joshua Tree a la brunante, encore une fois nous devons monter notre campement a la noirceur, ce qui n'est pas toujours facile quand on a deux enfants qui ont faim et pour ajouter la cerise sur le sundae, petite fuite de la vessie juste en ces moments palpitants.

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... Peak at 10,834 feet. The sunrise has no sign of coming and the waning quarter moon is casting its silver light upon a slope of granite boulders. Mars is on the horizon adding an celestial element to the desert's potent stillness.
-So far this morning we shared the trail with three women hikers who started out ahead of us. We passed them (of course) because they were slow chatty ladies, but they passed us because we were men and got lost by taking a wrong ...

... that people from California drive like complete and total moronic *******s. (Pardon my french) As we barely survived rush-hour madness circulating outside of L.A., we were washed with relief when we pulled off into the desert. From Frank Sinatra to Bob Hope and other ritzy names, we followed the windy roads with anticipation, until the GPS led us directly into a fence. After circulating the neighborhood several more times we resorted to calling Kirby who attempted to ...

Am Montagmorgen bereits um 7.30 Uhr machten wir uns auf den Weg zum College, an dem wir für 2 Monate einen Englisch Kurs absolvieren werden. Wir traffen am Besammlungsort an und stellten mit entsetzen fest, das nebst uns nur noch 10 weitere Studenten vor Ort waren. Die Mehrheit der Studenten waren Asiaten. Das Komitee der IEA (Intensiv English Academy) begrüsste uns freundlich und führte uns auf dem riessigen College Gelände (Campus) rum. Nachdem absolvierten einen Test, um unser Niveau ...

... to do it again. No crybabies! Also, what was thought to be small dinner with a couple of friends at TGIFridays Monday night turned out to be a HUGE surprise Going Away Party. All the brothers were there and everyone had a blast! Especially when the servers decided that tying 27 bright pink balloons to my ears and hair would be a good idea. Catching me by complete surprise, the party was one of the most amazing things anybody's ever done ...

... Alcatraz" starring Clint Eastwood, those 3 were never found. Although they believe they drowned in the bay. After the sights and cool weather of San Francisco it was time for Los Angeles. Now for some reason most people I spoke too would tell me there isn't much worth seeing in LA. So you wouldn't miss much if you went straight through. But I decided to pay it a visit. Despite the superficial, image based, plastic loving, money making image it may conjure up ...