We made it out of Texas and drove through the windy mountain desert roads in New Mexico to visit the Gila Cave Dwellings, which were absolutely amazing. The cliff was created by volcanic activity and contains the ruins of cave dwellings built in five caves. People of the Mogollon culture lived there from between 1275 and 1300 AD and it is not known why they were abandoned. The way the structures were incorporated into the natural surroundings was really beautiful and in the caves we saw 700 year old preserved baskets of corn, cave paintings, and years and years of built up soot on the ceiling from fires in the caves.
Next to Arizona where we camped in the desert and saw all kinds of wild life, like road runners and round tail ground squirrels (which look like tiny little prairie dogs). We skipped Joshua tree because it was too freakin hot and headed to L.A. for a short visit with Monica and Kim, where we walked a billion miles from Santa Monica to muscle beach in Venice, ate delicious cuban food, and watched the craziest most awesome film I've seen in a long time, Synecdoche.
Now up the California coast!
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