The best part in traveling with kids these days, one no longer gets asked, “are we there yet?” Instead I ask, “Where are we going?”😀
The second day on itinerary was 29 Palms, about 200 mi from Ventura. With LA traffic, it took us longer than expected. But it gave me sufficient time to look up and learn a few trivia about the town.
One thing I learned, Paramahansa Yogananda, had a desert retreat in Twentynine Palms. I remember, Bapa had given me to read “Autobiography of a Yogi” in my college days, which for some reason I could never complete.
Steve Jobs had ordered 500 copies of the same book for his own memorial, for each guest to be given a copy.
We reached around 3:30 in the afternoon. As per Rijul’s plan, we had to reach the trail head and take a hike about a mile and reach the arch rock before sunset (so that he can get some good pictures). A quick check for sunset time revealed Sun goes down in that desert place by 4:30 pm!!!
Lo and behold, when we reached there, the landscape felt as if we got dropped by a space craft in an alien land😀
Believe me, my girth simply refused to pass through crevices between rocks…haha. By the time I could figure out the arch rock, sun had already set.
But looking at the rock scape surrounded by mountains and the orangish violet sky, the place felt quite divine. Very quiet and beautiful- the Joshua tree looked magnificent with a distant orange glow from Sun.
Rijul and Romil had already at the arch and were shooting pictures of each other. Ranjan also made it with ease. I was happy when my watch said, “seems you are working out” 🤣🤣🤣never made it to top!
We went back next day and saw a few more interesting rocks, such as split rock, skull rock and an interesting garden - Cholla Cactus Garden!
The visit was quite a fun one!
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