After we postponed our trip to Tel Aviv and Istanbul, we decided to take a breather on the road. It was the last of our California road trips for a long while, so we decided to head southeast for some good hot weather in the Mojave.
Five years ago this Thanksgiving, we went to Joshua Tree and stayed in 29 Palms right next door. It was a brilliant trip, we loved the desert and late fall was no different. What the hell, we decide to return — not thinking too much about it. Just getting in the car and going.
Five years ago, you might never suspect that 29 Palms is home to the largest Marine base in the US. Five years ago, you might never think twice about any development, economy or real estate. This time around these attributes loomed larger than life.
We captured a bunch of photos of the trip. To be explicit, we had a ball running around the desert shooting the complicated signifiers crashing against the raw beauty of all the desolation that is the desert. The downtown area is a tiny strip of commercial property much like the images in the postcards above. Instead of super small-town USA, we encountered a strange blurring of military and civilian life. Add the new fact that 29 Palms has the most foreclosures in the US and well
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