Hanna and I got to talking early on Saturday morning and decided to make a day trip. And what a day trip it was. We first had a big 'ol breakfast at the Antique Row Cafe here in Normal Heights, then drove a couple hours up to the middle of the desert to the Coachella Valley Preserve, which is a palm oasis filled with palm fronds, small ponds/lakes, sand dunes, walking, and sun. After spending a couple hours walking around two separate oasis areas, we drove to Palm Springs for the remainder of the afternoon to people watch, drink Jamba Juice, and then take pictures of a huge freakin' black widow spider made out of a VW bug in a junk lot that we got caught in and had to run away from. We then drove to LA to see Jonathan's band, Quiet Mind, play at Genghis Cohen's. We got back around 1:30am.
