Thursday, July 22, 2010. We're now in Twentynine Palms, California, just north of Joshua Tree NP. This place is home to a sprawling Marine Corps base that trains marines for desert warfare. Our hotel desk clerk"s husband is here getting ready for his fourth deployment to Afghanistan!
We spent part of the day exploring the park. It's not the most exciting park, as one Joshua tree looks pretty much like another one, but there are some interesting rock formations, and from the highest point you can see several mountain ranges, as well as the San Andreas fault. Tomorrow we're heading to La Jolla to visit Chris and Neal.
Now for the highlight of my day, our visit to Salome, AZ. While Ken was driving out of Goodyear, I decided to ask Stella (our GPS lady) to find Salome, AZ. She located Salome, Ken agreed to take me there even though it was 13 miles of, rocky, dusty, hilly roadway. When my family moved to CA from NY in the 60' s we drove cross country and one of our memorable overnights was a stop to this very small town on the Mohave desert. It was memorable for so many reasons, one being the motel had no locks on the door and our Mom was not going to sleep with those conditions and possibly risk her 3 daughters lives. She had our Dad move all the furniture in the room against the door, just in case. Ken and I stopped at the post office, met the post mistress, took a pic with her, went to the motel, met the new owner who gladly showed us a room that had never been renovated. She had no guests at this time and showed us the pool which is now salt water. If we can figure out how to upload pics to this blog I would include some of Salome. There are only 2000 residents.
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