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I was fortunate enough to be able to spend the week in Palm Springs, CA. We took the tram to the top of Mt San Jacinto and hiked about 4 miles. It's a gorgeous nature preserve. I haven't been up there in 12 years, and not much had changed. Guess that's why it's called a preserve.
We also took a trip down memory lane for me...we went to Bombay Beach at the Salton Sea. My grandfather, for reasons unbeknown to us, had a mobile home lot out there. I guess it used be quite the place in the 70s. It is anything but, now. It's a photographer's dream, a landowner's nightmare, and where they shot the music video for What It's Like by Everlast off the Whitey Ford Sings the Blues album. It's the blues for most, but sentimental for me. Miss ya, Grandpa...your place still looks great!!! It needs your green thumb!!!
On the ride up...the floor rotates 360 degrees twice as you ascend and descend. Really cool!!!
I thought I saw Jesus coming down through this clearing...
Whale bones at 8,500' MSL. Or maybe a tree...
The view looking Southwest toward Palm Springs. The Salton Sea is just out of view of the camera, but not to the naked eye.
No I didn't stage this picture. Beautiful desolation...
A large storm in the late 70s / early 80s buried several lots in a few feet of water. Instead of retrieving the trailers, they were left to rot. And rot they did.
These are the worst of the worst. Most of the lots are more than liveable.
This is my grandfather's old place. It looked vacant, but it might just be a winter home for someone. The avacodo tree is looking very healthy and the locks on the gate look relatively new, so it's being taken care of.
It's not the long straight road that's impressive. It's the fact that you don't see another car going either way for MILES.
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