Hot Springs and Dinosaurs
We recover in the hot springs, cross the Continental Divide, and stumble onto ancient dinosaur tracks.
And So It Ends…
Jan. 15 Salinas to San Francisco We surprised ourselves by skipping our beloved Monterey aquarium, and setting off instead to see something new: the John Steinbeck center in Salinas. Here on display was Rocinante–his Travels With Charley camper–and other...
California Follies
Jan. 13-14: Pioneertown and Hearst’s Enchanted Castle As we left the desert, we couldn’t resist a side trip to Pioneertown, a Wild West film set still popular with tourists. All sorts of Hollywood B movies were made here. Pappy and Harriet’s, the funky café at the...
Wandering Around in the Desert
Jan. 10-13 Twentynine Palms, CA When we had picked this town out on the map, it was mostly because I knew we didn’t want to be in Palm Springs or its neighboring fancy resort towns. This would be an entirely different kind of place, a counterculture oasis. It was...