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Ateo
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Joshua Tree
A year ago my buddy booked a group site out at Joshua Tree. This sites holds up to 50 people or something, but was quite spacious for the 5 of us.
It was an all guy trip, with my friend, my son, and his two friends.
Let me tell you one thing: The younger generations are impressing me. They seem to get a bad rap but I'll tell you I had one of the most interesting
discussions of my life around the campfire Saturday night. Started at 8PM and went to 1AM. We talked everything from school, parents, the cosmos,
the possibility of alien life, girls, religion and tons of other things I have long forgotten.
They are way ahead of where I was at their age. I blame the internet.
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woody with a view
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Awesome! I remember being a kid and we'd hang out in Baja and discuss the future.... how wrong we were!
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Pacifico
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Joshua Tree is a special place! I've spent many days and nights out there in my younger years when I was into rock climbing. Now, it's fishing,
diving, and beer drinking! (Much safer...)
"Plan your life as if you are going to live forever. Live your life as if you are going to die tomorrow." - Carlos Fiesta
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David K
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Cool Jon, thanks!
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willardguy
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hope you paid homage to the Grievous Angel 
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tripledigitken
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Love those big rocks................and Gram!
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freediverbrian
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Any kid that goes to JT to climb and hike is not your normal kid of the city, they have a attitude and scece of adventure . they will do well in
life, as long as they stay off baja nomad and the get there own view on life .
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Skipjack Joe
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Boccia balls, I love it.
And I agree about the your comments about the younger generation. In many ways they know so much more than we did at their age. It's hard to
appreciate this because we talk to them with 50 years of more information than they have and they seem wanting. And it's hard to remember what you
were like back then. So they seem to be so shallow.
Good on ya.
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BornFisher
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Great trip and pics.thanks.
For another trip to JT, check this story-------------
http://www.ebni.com/byrds/memgrp6.html
for a sample of the tale---
He knew that Parsons had not wanted a long, depressing, religious service with family and friends. Most of all he knew he had made a pact with
Parsons, at the funeral of Clarence White: whoever died first, "the survivor would take the other guy's body out to Joshua Tree, have a few drinks and
burn it."*
After a day of vodka-enhanced self-recriminations, Kaufman decided he had to try to make good on his promise. Thus began one of the most unforgettable
episodes of what hackers call "social engineering." For the full story, check out Kaufman's biography, Road Mangler Deluxe, which describes the whole
episode in Kaufman's own inimitable fashion. What follows is only a taste of Kaufman's tale.
Kaufman called the funeral parlor in the town of Joshua Tree and managed to learn that the body would be driven to LAX and then flown on Continental
to New Orleans. He called the airline's mortuary service and found out that the body would arrive that evening. Kaufman recruited Michael Martin, who
knew about the pact, and commandeered a hearse of Dale McElroy's, which she and Martin used for camping trips. It had no license plates and several
broken windows, but it would do. They tried on suits, but decided they looked so ridiculous that they changed into their tour clothes -- Levi's,
cowboy boots, cowboy hats, and jackets with the legend "Sin City" stitched on the back. They loaded the hearse up with beer and Jack Daniels and
headed for LAX.
Kaufman and Martin arrived at the loading dock just as a flatbed truck rolled up with the Parsons casket. A drunken Kaufman somehow persuaded an
airline employee that the Parsons family had changed its plans and wanted to ship the body privately on a
[Edited on 5-9-2014 by BornFisher]
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Ateo
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Thanks all for the comments and interest. Also thanks for the Grievous Angel story. I was unaware.
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TMW
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Ateo your pictures are so cool with the different blends, thanks. Was most of your conversations with the guy with the white face? Just kidding.
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durrelllrobert
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| Quote: | Originally posted by willardguy
hope you paid homage to the Grievous Angel |
???Is that MrbillM who lives there???
Bob Durrell
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BajaBlanca
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Nice pics. I have never been.
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woody with a view
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i spent 1.5 years working at 29 Palms in JTNP. it was miserable.... kinda like Yuma, surrounded by beach but no waves!
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MMc
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I spent a disproportionate amount of time there in my 20's. I love both Indian cove and the upper part of the park.My first 5.11 lead was in India
Cove.
"Never teach a pig to sing it frustrates you and annoys the pig" - W.C.Fields
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Marc
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| Quote: | Originally posted by MMc
I spent a disproportionate amount of time there in my 20's. I love both Indian cove and the upper part of the park.My first 5.11 lead was in India
Cove. |
Spent some time there myself. No amount of tape could save my hands.
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ELINVESTIG8R
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When I was stationed at 29 Palms I used to go up in the monument on the weekend and cook breakfast and dinner over the open fire with friends. It made
the food taste so good. During the week after I would get off of work at the base I moonlighted as a bartender at the Adobe Deli. I don't know if it's
still there. That was fun.
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MMc
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At one point in time it was the fashion to use duct tape instead of athletic tape. I think out on the comic book there is a climb Silver Fist of
Furry.
For almost 8 years I could not be finger printed because of the calluses on my hands. I would ink them up a roll a mostly smooth image.
"Never teach a pig to sing it frustrates you and annoys the pig" - W.C.Fields
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woody with a view
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| Quote: | Originally posted by ELINVESTIG8R
When I was stationed at 29 Palms I used to go up in the monument on the weekend and cook breakfast and dinner over the open fire with friends. It made
the food taste so good. During the week after I would get off of work at the base I moonlighted as a bartender at the Adobe Deli. I don't know if it's
still there. That was fun. |
it's still there! friends are regulars.... didja know Mark Carrington?
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ELINVESTIG8R
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Sorry Woody that name does not sound familiar but then this was several years back when I was there.
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