Tree NP, to visit our stepsister and her husband, Jill and Steve. For those of you who dont know, Kathy and I are the road trip queens - we love being in a car seeing new things and movin' down the road to 
new places and experiences. We had another week off of work - Rich had to go back - so we hit the road! Our first stop was to Joshua Tree NP. What a different place! It was really cool - the trees are fascinating to me and it seemed very prehistoric, as if a dinosaur would walk by at an
y minute. Not much there though, the trees and some rocks. The park is frequented by rock climbers from all over though as the climbing on the big boulder masses is great. The campgrounds were great and plentiful. The next day we had a run through the park and then decided to take the long scenic route into San Diego to see what we could see. We arrived in San Diego in th
e evening and found Jill and Steve's place. The are just south of the city and only a mile or two from the border. Across from their house is a big estuary, which is nice, you can walk or run through there, and just a couple of blocks down the street is the ocean. The weather was cool, and dry for the first day - Friday - so we went to Sea World. We had often heard how great San Diego Sea World is, and it was really cool. After we w
ent to an historic area of San Diego, called the Gaslamp District, and wandered around and had a beer. The next day it was hurricane rainy so we were pretty much house bound, other than a few short excursions. On Sunday,
we headed to Vegas where we were stopping over to see a Cirque de'Solei show and it was awesome!! We saw the Beatles' Love one, not the typical CdS, but amazing and fantastic. We were off that Monday so we headed back and ended a great road trip that evening. 
