Joshua Tree National Park is Pretty Cool

Mood: Tired
Playing:I Write Sins Not Tragedies-Panic at the Disco!
It's been forever, since I last listened to that song, but it's still so good. I love the music video because of the theatrics and the obvious circus influence. I have a fascination with the idea of a darker circus, but I think I've been influenced by Alexander McQueen and Something Wicked This Way Comes...Sorry for going off topic because what I'm really up to is to tell you about my trip to Joshua Tree National Park(March 20th). I go there once to twice a year and it has served as inspiration for both Andrew McMahon and Gerard Way. In fact, in the "Na Na Na" music video, they're fighting with laser guns at the park. Pretty cool, eh?

I started off my day getting lunch with my family at The Rib Co. My dad and I shared a plate, so no, I am not a complete and total fatty.

It was a pretty chilly day and the haze was thick, so I couldn't see as much, as I had hoped. Usually the sky is bright blue and you see the mountains in the background, which are only a faint outline in this photo.

The trees look like they're from an earlier period in time. Possibly one, where dinosaurs still roamed the planet. (Sorry, I have dinosaurs on the mind. We're talking evolution in Biology and we spent quite some time on dinosaurs.)

I went there, hoping to see the blooming Joshua trees. Unfortunately, they were all dried out, so there were little brown skeletons left, a remainder of the once beautiful white flowers.

Even though it's a desert, there's still a little dam there built by Native Americans. For some reason, every time I go there, I have this vague memory of me dipping my feet in the dam and a blue dragonfly landing on my knee. I'm not sure, if it's the same place because it is a very early memory and the water isn't too clean, so I can't imagine my parents allowing me to do so. I'm leaning towards it might've been a dream because when I try to remember it, it feels very surreal to me.

On clear days, you can see all the way to Mexico. No joke. They have a picture with arrows pointing to different hills and mountains and one of the mountains is on Mexican land. They have sunrise masses at Joshua Tree, so I hope to make it to one soon. I just think it would be so pretty.

High five for alternative energy? The white fans sticking out of the ground are actually windmills used for alternative energy! I think they look pretty cool, but I really wonder, how much energy can one of these make? My science teacher from 6th grade talked about how we should put them by the ocean because it's so windy there and I remember raising my hand to say, "If I spent millions of dollars on my house by the beach, I would not want one of those by my house. Wouldn't it ruin the view? What would happen, if it fell on my house, huh? Would I die?" I feel bad for my teacher. That's probably why he hated me. I used to ask stupid "What If" questions a lot. Haha, anyways, I hoped you enjoy this post and I created a new tag called "Visit This Place" because I noticed that I write a lot of posts talking about how wonderful this place is and how you should visit it, so I made a tag for it! Sorry for not posting in over a week. I've been busy exercising (Shocking, I know!), reading, and or course, trying to finish the blanket I'm knitting for an orphanage.

What's new in your life? I've been careless lately and haven't been keeping up with all of the blogs I usually comment on.