Road Trip
No longer do I doubt the size of California after taking a road trip to Southern California and Joshua Tree National Park at the end of March.
Two funny observations from the trip:
1. People in Southern California love to put large stickers on the rear windows of their cars or trucks. This is not nearly so popular in Northern California or New Jersey; is it catching on in other places around the country? My favorite decals are those that completely block out the rear window. The driver of the oversized pickup truck with low visibility, bad cornering, and propensity to roll must have decided that regular driving wasn't challenging enough, and opted to block out direct rear vision with a giant sticker that says "SoCal". The grandmother with opposing silhouettes of a "nice" angel and a "naughty" devil on the rear of her pickup is also classic.
2. "People come here to die." That was our waiter at the restaurant Zin in Palm Springs on why we should leave town as fast as possible. All my previous knowledge of Palm Springs came from episodes of Beverly Hills, 90210. (Did my parents really let me watch 90210 when I was 9 years old?) On leaving the restaurant, we almost got run over by a horde of the elderly. They really do drive them in the busful. It was like being in Atlantic City, but with more leathery skin and fewer Jersey accents.
Two funny observations from the trip:
1. People in Southern California love to put large stickers on the rear windows of their cars or trucks. This is not nearly so popular in Northern California or New Jersey; is it catching on in other places around the country? My favorite decals are those that completely block out the rear window. The driver of the oversized pickup truck with low visibility, bad cornering, and propensity to roll must have decided that regular driving wasn't challenging enough, and opted to block out direct rear vision with a giant sticker that says "SoCal". The grandmother with opposing silhouettes of a "nice" angel and a "naughty" devil on the rear of her pickup is also classic.
2. "People come here to die." That was our waiter at the restaurant Zin in Palm Springs on why we should leave town as fast as possible. All my previous knowledge of Palm Springs came from episodes of Beverly Hills, 90210. (Did my parents really let me watch 90210 when I was 9 years old?) On leaving the restaurant, we almost got run over by a horde of the elderly. They really do drive them in the busful. It was like being in Atlantic City, but with more leathery skin and fewer Jersey accents.
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