We're heading with my parents to Palm Springs next month. Should be a redux of our trip to Tucson with them last spring, except not 102 degrees and with black widow spiders instead of mountain lions. A little hiking, a little vegging by the hotel pool, lots of eating, some mild sightseeing and basically getting spoiled rotten by my parents, despite the fact that we're all at least 10 years too old for that.

Part of the hiking is in Joshua Tree National Park. Anyone been there?

I'm trying to sell my parents on a visit to the Integratron:


My dad looked at the website and said, "I think this is a little wifty. Are you sure you want to go there?" He also tried, "Does Colliculus mind going?" I think pomo hippiedom might be a Gen X thing. 

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