My Dinah mission was not to party, but to go on an adventure. In three days I crossed four big items off my bucket list: camping under an eclipse, Dinah, Salvation Mountain, and the Salton Sea.
My girlfriend and I started in Joshua Tree.
Note : I make her stand in photos.
We set up my mesh tent under the stars so we could view the eclipse from bed.
Me and our tent.
Me in “bed.”
We were camping at Sonocco Wasi ~Home of the Heart~ Joshua Tree; a private lot outside the park with amazing energy and people.
A campfire gathering we crashed.
Home of the Heart, Joshua Tree
We awoke to a sweet wolf-dog guarding our tent.
Then we headed to Palm Springs for Dinah. Like a good lesbian, I went with my girlfriend and my ex-girlfriend.
Us at a Dinah pool party, or “What happens when I hand other people my camera”
After the pool party, we had big plans to go out but instead fell asleep for 15 hours.
On Sunday, the three of us headed deeper into the desert.
A weird palm tree farm we passed.
After passing an alarming border patrol checkpoint and almost running out of gas, we hit Salvation Mountain – a biblical art installation built over the lifetime of the late Leonard Knight.
On the way home we stopped along the Salton Sea. The sea miraculously appeared thanks to an engineering meltdown involving an irrigation canal of the Colorado river. Though it was once a major tourist destination, the water is now toxic and brown and the bugs seemed mutant.
Leaving the visitor center after learning they encourage people to eat the fish (just not that much).
And with that plus a date shake from Hadley’s, we were headed back to Los Angeles.
This was really beautiful and amazing to follow along with–a real breath of fresh air for a chick in chilly, rainy NYC. Thank you!
oh my god this is so beautiful.
need more of this in my life please and thank youuuuu.
p.s. really love how you don’t even mention that your gf is the missing haim sister. that’s v chill of you.
really glad someone said something about the Haim thing, thank you
Thank you for sharing this, these are beautiful, the wide open spaces, landscape, people and quality of light. Beautiful, thank you.
Well, this is just the most beautiful thing!
this is gorgeous. i especially love the picture with the train passing the palm trees.
I used to live out there (La Quinta). It’s absolutely gorgeous, and there are so many adventures to be had. That’s a date farm.
Good to know – thank you!
Lovely photos…but what is even happening in that picture from the Dinah with the funnel-headed mannequin!?
Dinah is happening.
Beautiful. I especially loved the part about camping at Joshua Tree. And the first photo of Salvation Mountain – such brilliant colors. You and your girlfriend (and wolf-dog) look so happy.
Wow, this was great! I needed these beautiful photos in my day today, thanks.
Gorgeous. This was the shot of Vitamin D I needed today.
That picture of you with the palm trees will be the one your kids look at and say “oh shit… mom was cool.”
Amazing!
Beautiful Shots! If you get out to Salvation Mountain again, go a little further to East Jesus. I think you’d really dig it.
This is so lovely, these photos are amazing everything is beautiful. Please tell me there will be more of this okay thank you.