On my last day of the #DrivingMatters adventure I got up after a great night of sleep in the Bottle Room of Irene’s Adobe. This was part of the 29 Palms Inn. Irene’s Adobe consists of three parts, the Adobe then the Bottle Room and The Darkroom. Irene was an artist and the building boasts many unique touches including a great courtyard where we were able to gather last night and do an awards ceremony where one person even went home with a brand new Napoleon Grill, I think that Mike, The Gentleman Racer, won that. We also enjoyed a nice meal at the 29 Palms Inn restaurant and then watched part of the movie Vacation. But this morning it was about packing up and getting on the road. I had a long day and night ahead of me. I was heading home.
Josh took me back to the airport and we had another great conversation. It was so nice to get to know so many great people on this trip. They were excellent travel companions and adventurers. After the vlog I have a couple of images, that were taken by Heather, and links out to my fellow #DrivingMatters travelers.
For the next few days I am on an adventure in Joshua Tree National Park as part of trip sponsored in part by Mazda. You can follow along with my adventure with the hashtag of #DrivingMatters. We were also sponsored by Napoleon Grills and Hormel Foods with Support from DriveShop and Men Who Blog. You can see my other adventurers over at the Mazda #DrivingMatters Exploring The Desert page.
I took off from Boston on the early morning flight to Dallas and then on to Palm Springs California. The flights weren’t too bad and I was able to play my new LEGO Avengers game on the Nintendo 3DS. I was leaving on the day that Marvel Battlegrounds was going to come out so I would have some withdrawals. So, the time passed quickly and I even watched the Tim Burton Batman movie on the entertainment units on my first, and most modern plane. All the rest were still pretty old without many amenities. But I was excited so I didn’t quite care, I just wanted to get to Palm Springs to get the adventure started.
I landed in Palm Springs, which as a beautiful little airport. Part of it is open air, too. I was picked up by Josh from DriveShop in the Mazda CX-3. We had a great conversation the whole way to the campground. We did make a pit stop in Walmart so that we could get additional supplies for the campsite. While we were there we picked through the Hot Wheels and I found some of the remaining Hot Wheels Hot Trucks series that I had been collecting. I show those in today’s vlog.
