The beautiful desert sunrise greeted us after what was quite possibly the best night's sleep I've ever had. If you are ever in Joshua Tree, and you want a unique lodging experience, check out The Castle House Estate. This morning was one of those times that we chose to keep our pre-planned activity to ourselves. Now that our kids have access to all of the interweb with their phones, we don't want them googling and forming opinions about something they've never tried, Sometimes you need fresh eyes and ears, and this was one of those times. My friend Jennifer K told me about this place and then my friend Anthony Bourdain told me about this place (RIP, Tony) and it might not be everyone's cup of tea. But, when a dude gets abducted by aliens and sent back to earth with the blue prints for an acoustic sound chamber that he fashioned out of wood and glue that will alter the time space continuum and make you live forever, it may be worth checking out. That morning en route to the Integratron, we'd told the kids that we were just going to "take a bath", but there wasn't going to be any water. I didn't really know what the heck we were getting ourselves into but carpe diem, amiright? We would be taking a sound bath, with a bunch of strangers. This is when you lay around on the floor with a bunch of people you don't know while this real sweet lady plays these bowls make out of quartz. The sound combinations are supposed to align your Chaka Khans or Shakiras or some such voodoo. The dome shaped room has perfect acoustics that allow sound to envelop your body and I'm not gonna lie, it was pretty trippy. And really relaxing, and I would totally do it all the days if I didn't have to work and mom all the time. The most life-altering result was that we learned that Thomas can actually lay still for 45 minutes! Shocka-Khan!
You can watch Anthony Bourdain's account here:
https://www.integratron.com/anthony-bourdain-no-reservations/
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| Ready for our Magical Mystery Tour of the Cosmos! |
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| Sound Bowls |
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| California Vibe |
The young Bullingtons were ever eager to leave the Integratron for the trappings of L.A. I was less enthused about The City of Angels. However, one brief waylay was required when I realized that, Oh my goodness gracious, we would be passing right by the last remaining Route 66 Wigwam Village in San Bernardino, California! When the opportunity for the Wigwam trifecta presents itself, one does not shy away! Nay! One must duck and cover and roll through a very sketchy portion of outskirt Los Angeles to behold this roadside wonderment. I am sure very few people ever get shot here in the broad daylight!
We had skipped lunch so headed straight for Pink's Hotdogs! Pink's has been serving up all sorts of hotdogs to the fine people of Los Angeles for 83 years! That's a lot of Franks!
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| Clogging arteries since 1939! |
Our whirlwind tour of L.A. continued.........
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| Toes in the sand for a quick minute |
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| The obsession continues for these two. I don't understand it but I don't really have room to talk on account of the wigwams... |
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| There were like, zero Rodeos here. I couldn't even find any barrel racing. |
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| The Mothership is calling them home. Well, notsomuch Thomas. He just followed the girls into every high-end store like it was his job. He's gonna make a heck of a husband one day, ladies! |
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| Hide your daughters.... |
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| Golden Girls House, They tried to hide it behind big ol fence, but my arm was juuuust long enough to get a shot. |
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| Dinner at The Ivy, They clean up alright! |
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| Back to acting like a bunch of yahoos....That's more like it. |
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