Today, we traveled from our hotel in Visalia to our Marriott resort in Palm Desert which is close to Palm Springs, Joshua Tree National Park, and oh yeah.....the San Andreas Fault. Yes, THAT San Andreas. This morning I received a text from my sister asking if we had felt the 5.2 aftershock, and thankfully, we slept through it. There were over 100 aftershocks yesterday, and we felt none of them. Of course, we were high in the Sierras, so I am not sure how we would have felt them, but I am no earthquake expert......yet. I do want to clarify something I said yesterday in my hysteria over the day in general. While I was happy to be back on the flat part of Earth, I in no way prefer the flat lands to the rolling hills and higher elevations in general. I just don’t want to drive or ride through them. I am a bit of a paradox with some things. I love mountains, but hate to drive in them. The same way I love storms, but don’t want to drive in the rain. Is that what being paradoxical means? I am probably using that all wrong, but you get my point. I am still a beach person over a mountain person. Nothing paradoxical about that.
Before leaving Visalia behind, we stopped at Black Bear Diner and had the most delicious breakfast! I also cozied up to, or smothered a bear. Perspective is everything. I had fresh honeydew before we left the hotel, and it was so delicious! It just tastes better out here.
I seriously so tired of mountains. They are the reason there are so many earthquakes out here and why my stress level is beyond high.
We arrived to our destination of Palm Desert and the Marriott Shadow Ridge Vacation Club. It is a beautiful resort, and our unit is nice and cool since it is upwards of 100 degrees in Coachella Valley.We got here around 5, and then headed out to eat sushi and hibachi at a restaurant in Palm Desert. We returned to the resort and went inside to check out the fitness room. I will say that for whatever reason, everyone here is really very nice. They smile a lot and treat you as if you have met them before. It is different and not at all unpleasant.
After I took this photo, I turned to walk back to the van with Kira and Anthony so that I could take one more. At that moment, I started feeling off kilter---AGAIN! Kira said matter of factly "earthquake." I made my way to the van without saying a word, opened the door and sat inside as it rocked back and forth. Anthony did not initially feel it, and it was soon over, but not without leaving me in yet another bad kind of mood. People have been asking me how it feels. It feels like I am on a cruise ship that is gently rocking. That doesn't sound scary, except that the EARTH IS NOT SUPPOSED TO DO THAT!! I really want to head East again, even though we are here until Tuesday. I am now following Dr. Lucy Jones, and anxiously awaiting her to tell me when another one will happen. She is the James Spann of the seismology world, but it is much more difficult to predict earthquakes than it is tornadoes, and I don't like that. Lack of control has always been an issue with me. It is why I don't like to fly, although I would overcome that fear a lot faster if it meant I could get out of here. The other two in my family are pretty much dismissing me, which annoys me. I know that I am not being financially logical, since we have reservations and all that, but I. WANT. TO. LEAVE. Not sure how I am going to possibly enjoy the rest of this trip, but all I can do is suck it up and try.
I am ready to go to bed. I am over this day too!
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