Monday, July 28: Trip to Desert Tower

Today Mary and I decided to sleep in and chill out. We decided we would rent a car and go to Desert Tower. I found a really good rate on the Rental Car and 

jumped on it. Alice looked really nicely, lettuce bar her car to drive down to the rental place. I ended up renting on August 11 and 12th And the guy was really

 cool and sent us the power way from the location that I was at at Miramesa. So he called the place at Poway and Poway gave me the same price as Mira mesa Hertz place. we really enjoyed 

this place. I’ve been there before and we first got there. The guy said the place was closed and Mary was good enough and smart
 enough to call the guy and he went right

 from his house which is 300 yards away from the tower, so we got to go into the tower pay the 950 each and wanted around the tower. That was really cool. I 

really like the place I always get a kick out. It has some funky roadhouse attraction vibe to it it’s very old school. He was telling us stories about people would stop 





because they had to cause their cars would overheat and they needed to stop in and get water, etc. It was really fun 
and we saw the border wall went by Jacumba Springs and really enjoyed our time up here I’m glad I got to show Mary this once in a blue moon kind of place. anyhow, the 

drive back was smooth. The sunset was pretty cool. You got back

 around 9:00 PM. Mary went upstairs asleep and I helped Dallas and we watched

 shimmer Lake again. I love watching it. It’s really cool show. It’s fun to watch more than once to figure out what really is going on and how the sheriff manipulated people along with his baby mama Steph.

Weds. October 29: I-8 to Jacumba CA

Good morning East coasters West coasters and table coasters. I first went over to La Mesa

Condo Association-Land

to pick up Alice's friend Renée. Her place is  is condos where you can not change the color of your house without condo association approval. That is bogus!

Renee's Pup

It's easy to tell since all the house at the same exact color. Today I went with Renée to Jacumba

I-8 East Towards the Desert

California to their spa. For $25 you can going to swimming pool Jacuzzi sauna and stay all day. We're

Driving the Rental Car

out in the desert and it's the only place nearby.. It's pretty desolate here you know desert and all that

The View Along Interstate 8.

. It was about a 45 to 50 minute drive on the interstate to get here. Amazing enough I could 

Yup, They Have Them Here

see the the border fence between Mexico and United States. It was funny AT&T said welcome abroad.

The Mountains

We're only reason I have Internet access because they have free Wi-Fi otherwise AT&T was not providing

Quite a Route

any service. So I'm probably not getting any text messages while I'm here. The pool was a little chilly 

The Spa

but the sun was really nice. The water comes up from a sulfur Springs so it has a funky little smell to it

The Sulphur Spring

but it feels really nice. We're now having some drinks to cool us off. It's now 12:20 PM. We chilled out in the pool and then we went to the warm soothing sauna for about  a half hour.

Lunch

Next we decided to

Nice Waitress

have some lunch at the restaurant that's at the spa. I had a breakfast Burrito for $5 and it was really

Lovin the Sunshine

good it was a cheap date. Then the nice young waitress told us about this place called the Desert View Tower. Well this place IS out of this World!! I've never seen

The Border Fence with Mexico

anything like this in person in my life. On a clear Day

A Rocky Road Ahead. Quite the Sight

you can see the superstition Mountains better 300 miles away in Apache Junction Arizona. It's

Go Left to the Desert View Tower

hard to believe with dinner ready early settlers had to do to survive in this rocky terrain that is hard to

We are Here

fathom for for yours truly who is never seen anything like this in his life. It is it once beautiful yet for

The Desert View Tower

bidding far out yet scary. The owners of this place has about four dogs in there the most tagged out

The Entrance 

mellowed out dogs ever. There's not much Wayne of light pollution or noise pollution here except

The Owner of the Tower

for the swishing sounds of cars on the interstate. That's interstate I-8 that is.

Mellow Dogs

The Art and Gift Shop

back Sunday morning at 2 AM. So I'm glad I'm getting rid this cold because I'm in for a shock when

The View Atop Desert View Tower

I get back east Friday night. Well it's 5:37 PM we just drove back almost 80 miles east of

The Housing Near the Tower

San Diego and I'm in La Mesa and I'm going to drive back towards San Diego and then check other

Bolder Park

things out for little while while the sun still out. Well I ended up sorting out my photos while sitting in

Welcome One and All

La Mesa sitting in her driveway. I'm trying to put as many pictures as I can on this blog because there's so much that I saw. It was a good day and I think I got some sun as well. I am glad I had

How Far I was From Apache Junction

the opportunity to see this landscape. I have seen it in photos BUT to see and feel it in front of me

More Rugged Territory

was an experience to remember!! I hope I will return one day with a friend to share the experience. If I can't, or life doesn't grant me the opportunity

I Just Saw a Face

and etc, I could very well make plans to move out here in the West Coast. My Sister would like me to move in with her but I am committing to

Border Patrol!!

anything that forehead. Seven years is a virtual lifetime! I talked to my friend Amy and she says it every 7 years a major change happens.

Cool!!

well according to my calculations the next major change according to the seven year rule, would

Art for Sale

be the year 2018. Well I cannot retire with full benefits of the year 2021. This means anything could happen though I think I will end up staying

An REM Video from the 90's

in the East Coast since I have familiarity friends there. And the star over in the late 50s doesn't sound that plausible

I Can See for Miles and Miles

to me at this time as of October 30, 2014. Well tomorrow is my last full day and  I hope to get as much nice weather as possible. There is NO mischief night out here so it should  be safe. I will return the rental car tomorrow and hang with Alice tomorrow. We can talk about family stuff and junk.!