(jessie and the pt cruiser)
(a lovely continental breakfast from our hotel)
(visiting the siblings and niece while in burbank)

so i've been quite busy since returning from my trip with jessie to san diego. actually, we didn't spend any time in the city of san diego itself. mostly we hung out on coronado island where we had a great hotel, and then we drove around throughout southern california-- particularly the desert areas near palm springs, although we didn't even hang out in palm springs itself either. it's all good and it was a ton of fun. and most importantly, very relaxing and enjoyable. and we actually got along for the most part! so here's some photos from the trip below:

just outside palm springs in cabazon are two giant dinosaurs built up in the desert. unfortunately the park has been taken over by some religious creationist zealots who had anti-evolution materials throughout their gift shop and ran a sermon constantly inside. i'm all for religious freedom and all, but this was a bit much and rather odd that they would run a park with dinosaurs when they're so opposed to science itself. but whatever, here's a few photos of us there:

also outside palm springs, in a town called yucca valley, is a small religious public park called the 'desert christ park' and we found it late one evening just before nightfall. the park's statues are falling apart a bit and look like they haven't been maintained, but they're supposed to be depicting the 'last supper' and the 'sermon on the mount' among other christ-activities. it's all rather kitschy and cheesey and what better thing to have in the middle of the desert! here are some photos of us there:


and here's some more random photos of jessie from the trip:

(jessie all dressed up for a wedding. his? ours? maybe we eloped...)