sorry i didnt make it home, but keep reading.
Last Friday, the 13th, a group of 25 headed north, 6 hours, to Death Valley. It is the lowest, driest, and hottest location in North America. Our first destination was the Eureka Sand Dunes. These dunes, rising 600 feet from the desert valley floor, are some of the biggest in North America.
We spent two nights at the dunes. I woke up early one morning with my friend Ana before sunrise, and climbed up the dunes to say thank you to, and appreciate, the sun. We offered the sun tobacco in return for her rays, energy, and love.
This is the ground, because it is so dry:
From the dunes we drove another 6 hours to the Saline Valley Hot Springs. One day we will all sit in the nude, together, in hot springs, in the middle of the desert, with palm trees providing us shade, smoking a spliff. I met many unbelievable human beings.
I heard one story of a guy who was arrested, and while in the police station, he began to stand on one leg. The police asked him why he was standing on one leg, because they didnt like it. He said he was because he wanted to, and then asked if it was illegal. They kept on asking and pushing him. He successfully diverted the attention away from his crime to him standing on one foot, and he was actually let go.... so, if you are ever arrested, stand on one foot.
As we left the hot springs, the oil pan on the car cracked, and there was a huge oil spill. The car, without oil, couldnt start. So, the car was stuck 40 miles off of any paved road, in the middle of the desert. I got a ride to cell phone service in a town called Lone Pine, CA, and called AAA. Unfortunately, AAA sucks, and they wont tow when the car is off of paved road. However, they reffered me to a towing comapny...they quoted me $1600! Somehow, i found a local guy to do it for $600. Really lucky.
After a day of 12 hours of driving, we finally made it to this waterfall to set up camp for the night, at 3:30 in the morning. we made some pasta and drank some rum and fell asleep under the stars.
The next day, we headed up to Mamouth to go snowboarding. A friend has a condo literally right on the mountain which is so tight. We walked out of the door and boarder to the chair lift. tickets were $80. but we later found out that we could ride for free from 2:30-4 every day because they stop checking tickets. This mountain is huge, and most of it is aboce the tree line, so you can acutally snowboard anywhere you want....there are pretty much no trails. So tight... and i landed a nice 360.
After a few days of boarding and smoking and reading "Expect Resitance" by crimethinc., we headed back to lone pine to pick up the car.... i got cheated out of so much money and had to pay another $1015. so fucked.... later i found out from a VW dealer that it should have only been $495.
Then we stopped in Bishop, CA, and I got in touch with my artistic side, and took some pictures...
Much love.power to the people
