Joshua Park With the Entrepid 4--should be 5 but we dont have a dog.

Yeah well the title is a bit of a give away but not half as much as the picture below---

Now is this Julian or Dick--or is that me the Dick in mean

 

How can anyone fail to be inspired when you have looked at this -- the whole attire and the purposeful stride clearly define this chap as being A) English B) A clear leader of men ( or in our case man and women) C) A standard setter for the right hiking apparel.

 

I kid you not--- didn't he go straight out and find the frogs---didn't he spot the roadrunner -- this man could find you head if it is lost up your backside--he has the skills and all people follow his word---well ok that was partly true for the three of us----

 

 

2 of his disciples following his lead----

 

He helps us find the way, to follow the path---

 

Wherever it leads , we will follow------

He shows us the symbols and the signs--

 

And helps find the food for our tables--actually this is a mini from so there will be little in the way of sustenance here---

 

Ok , so it's really Hugh but it could be one of the others and if they ever turn it into a film then I propose that Colin Firth plays Hugh.

 

 

So this is what a Joshua Tree looks like which makes me think that Joshua might of mean a women.

Well I mean , think about it for a minute ---when "holy " men came in to this area they deemed it to be a holy place and that it fitted that this would be called the Joshua Tree.

 

So, if you think that Joshua was supposedly assistant to Moses and used to deal with all of the travel arrangements of getting the Hebrews out and through the sea---only when the waves parted--so if the tree reminded them of the original Joshua then the number of branches reflecting the number of arms that Joshua must have needed to manage all the tasks he was given --then we know for sure that he was in fact a woman as they are the only ones who can multi-task like that.

 

I did my bit to see if the rock that looked like it had no right to be in the position it was , could in fact be pushed over---how ridiculous -- I hadn't had any breakfast so there was no chance.

 

 

 

 

You are gonna need to blow this up --- ok , Magnify it-- great pictures from Lynda of this roadrunner that we followed until he didn't want that any more and zoomed off.

 

Still cant work out why they stay up there when laws of gravity say they should be at my feet

 

One is their picture the other Lyndas--about 6000 feet elevation and the dararea running right to left near the top is around where the San Andreas fault is in the valley.

This is me of course showing off my Bryce Canyon T shirt to show what a parkophile I am, and every bit the Englishman abroad with as hat like that--

 

So here is the place that Lynda chose for us to eat a late lunch--little rough around the edges but really cool inside and we stopped here --I had a BLT--the girls shared a Lamb Burger and Hugh had the Beef Stroganoff.

 

All ok , until we went outside and saw a legal certificate with a large Blue A in its centre and this was to inform customers that this establishment had been cited for food hygene problems and while nothing further needed to be done, non-the less we have been sharing bathroom stories ever since---BTW I do need to get to the bottom --excuse the pun-- of why Hugh takes longer in the bathroom than the women folk---frigging hours man!

 

 

So every Thursday evening the Palm Springs main street - or Palm Canyon ---has the road shut and market stall from top to bottom of it---this guy had some really quality art, but hey--I don't live in palm springs--just visiting --don't have that amount of dollars got a chance to air the smart Chelsea polo shirt though.

 

As we were all a little unsure of the impact of eating in that bar , we settled for a Tappas meal this time and that was ok--we appear to have survived.

 

And when the temperature outside is around 80+ degrees in the evening these cool misters are really great.

 

So end of a really great day --the intrepid team are revved up again and ready for adventures new today and as long as we have lots of jam sandwiches and lashings of  ginger beer then we can solve anything---now where is Timmy--here Timmy, come on Boy---where are you here Timmy Timmy------------------ !!!!!!!!!!!!!