I went out to the desert near Joshua Tree National Monument this last weekend with some friends.I own a 4X4 truck and I love to drive down dirt roads.  This is a photo out the window of my truck as I was driving back down a mountain. Note the angle fo the window and the horizon. It wasn't that steep, but it was interesting. I was driving back down to that road you see a the middle of the photo.

We sat around and talked a whole lot. It was very relaxing. I really enjoy the desert and the sunshine and sitting in the shade. It was like being back home again. I'll go to the desert for any reason, any time, just to be there.

They were there because is was opening day of quail season, so they were up at 5am to go shoot innocent little birds. Now, I don't find hunting morally incorrect, but I'm not a fan. I like to shoot guns, but not at animals. I own guns, but for self defense in my home, so I guess you could say that I own guns to kill people, not animals.

I didn't take a lot of photos this trip, because I was too relaxed. There was a nice sunset, so I did take these next few. They're just nice photos from the cabin that we were staying at.  

After the sun went down, I used the flash to take a couple more. I like these shots. Yes, it was a full moon, or really close to it.

We stayed at a friend's cabin/shack that his grandfather built when he homesteaded the 40 acres back in the 1930's or so. The area is being built up all around his lot. More and more newer houses going in.  It's a pretty old cabin, so it doesn't have running water. It does have electricity and propane, so we can turn on the lights and cook food and use the refrigerator, but when it comes to using the bathroom, this is what we get to use, an outhouse.  It's pretty scenery that you get to look at while you use it, since the door is not really there any more.

This is the reason that none of our wives come with us on the trip. 

Of course, I drove into to town and used the bathroom at WalMart...