spent the last couple days in joshua tree national park with travers and jasen... very hot place this time of year... we arrived monday evening just in time to catch a beautiful sky-scape which later turned into lighting on the horizon... the lighting lasted almost all night... it was amazing... here are some pics of the sky-scapes...
the desert is an interesting place... i have never been very fond of it at all, but i feel like its a place that would be healthy for me to be at least for a couple days... i couldnt even stand it that long...
the desert kinda strips you down, leaving little left... first off, its almost totally silent... with the exception of some bugs and lizards scurrying only when i walk... second, its so dry and hot that you are kind of exposed at all times, no place to hide, that sort of thing... third, you realize your most basic needs: water, food, air conditioning, sunglasses, you know, the basics...
the hope is that i would 'attain' some clarity, i think i just got more confused...
we only had one full day there so i spent that day there hiking and reading... and that lasted until about 11am, when jasen and i crawled into my truck and blasted the a/c... sounds lame, i know, but it was so frickin hot!... once trav got there, we took a drive across the whole park (about 40 miles wide) and then hung at a starbucks (lame again) and did some more reading... i fell asleep while reading cause i got almost no sleep our first night there (i thought someone was going to mug me in my tent)... now its a little after 2 in the afternoon and theres no way in hell i am going back to that campsite, so...
we saw collateral (lame for the final time)... it was okay, but i felt guilt the whole time since i had planned this trip to get to the desert where there are no amenities and just think... but such is the way it goes...
some interesting articles i found once home...
"Religion Experts Ask How Jesus Would Vote"
"John The Baptist's Cave?"
okay, enough chatter... time for dinner...
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