by Mrs. Sauce
Let me just preface this by saying I don't "do" metaphysical, faux spiritual hocus pocus. I don't buy reiki, psychics, energy readers or the like. So the idea of going to Joshua Tree has never really been on the top of my list. Many people I know have said how amazing it is, how you can have a spiritual experience in the dark warm nights while looking out at the stars. I was just hoping I wouldn't get bit by any scorpions or abducted by aliens. Actually, I take that back I was totally hoping I'd get abducted by aliens.
So we went in June. And nobody stopped us. It was a trillion degrees of intense burning heat with no shelter from the sun. We did stay at an awesome place called "
Spin and Margies" which I would highly recommend, unless you go in June because they haven't got a pool. When we arrived to Spin and Margie's there was not a single car in the lot. We thought it was strange but carried on. After our experience the following day we learned why we were the only ones at the Inn- nobody goes to Joshua Tree in the summer. Nobody.
On the first day we visited The
Integratron for a sound bath. Though it sounds like sexy cosmic experience, I assure you, it is not. It is funky glass chimes echoing through your brain until you fall asleep for twenty minutes. Interesting, but not for $30 a pop.
We also took hikes in the blistering heat. There were cute bunnies and big rocks. Other than that I thought my dehydrated skin was going to blister off of my body and I would turn into a reptile. I survived but only because Mr Sauce promised me we'd find a pool afterwards.
We did find a pool although that entailed renting 2 hotel rooms for one night. It was so worth it.
The 29 Palms Inn is quaint, quirky, and classic. What a great experience swimming in the colorful pool, enjoying the tasty fresh muddled mojito's after a long grueling hike, and finally realaxing in the shade. Complete with misters. And there were cute bunnies there as well.
Joshua Tree was an experience. I never say never.....but it may be an experience I'll leave in the past. This might be a mystical spiritual thing that Mr Sauce can do on his own.
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