What Did The Idiot See Driving On Two-Lane Blacktop In The SoCal Deserts?

The Idiot took two-lane blacktop roads and hiking trails through the Mojave, Sonoran and other high and low deserts to get to Palm Springs, California. Here’s what he saw on the way.

Downtown Tehachapi.

The Twenty Mule Team Museum (think 20 Mule Team Borax) in Boron, CA.

The 20 Mule Cafe (think 20 Mule Team Borax) in Boron, CA.

A rock formation near Yucca Valley.

The other side of a rock formation near Yucca Valley.

A wild horse.

A gigantic bighorn sheep (known as Bighorn).

The Bear Creek Trail in La Quinta.

Smiling at the beginning of a desert walk on the Bear Creek Trail in La Quinta. (Photo: Luke Stratte-McClure)

 

Following his son Luke on a desert walk on the Bear Creek Trail in La Quinta.

Watching a polo game at the El Dorado Polo Club in Indio.

Getting directions to Los Angeles from Baby Gaga, The Idiot’s 2.29-year-old granddaughter, in Palm Springs.

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Posted on January 14, 2020 by Joel in Featured, Follow The Idiot, Idiotic Musings, Style, Travel, USA, Weather

About Joel

Joel Stratte-McClure has been a global trekker since the 1970s. He lived in France for over 30 years, working as a journalist, before he turned his attention to a unique life-time-project of walking the shores of the Mediterranean. The first 4,401 kilometers are explored in his inspirational and entertaining first book "The Idiot and the Odyssey: Walking the Mediterranean." The next 4,401 kilometers are covered in the gods-filled sequel, "The Idiot and the Odyssey II: Myth, Madness and Magic on the Mediterranean,” published on Valentine's Day 2013. The last 4,401 kilometers will be discussed in the last book of the trilogy currently entitled "The Idiot and the Odyssey III: Alexander the Great Walks the Mediterranean."

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