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Desert / Ghost Town Trek #25a


Coachella Valley Desert Touresty Stuff, April 2011

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Took another relaxing camping-free all hotels trip beginning at Grapevine, CA, then east on I-10 into Coachella Valley.

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You may remember these roadside dinosaurs from Pee-Wee's Big Adventure (1984).

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In the film they were alone on the desert hardpan, now there is a little park built up around them.

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Inside the bronto's belly.

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Why is this sign asking me if evolution is true? Hmm.

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Current owners have added a carny-like tourist trap in the back. There are more dinos behind the fences that you can pay to look at.

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Here are the animatronics, that move about to the pirated audio of Godzilla yelling. They startle children under 3, and cause all others to laugh or have no reaction whatsoever.

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Wait, a lion and lamb with the non-animatronic dinos? What gives?

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Aha, our friends the creationists are running the park. That's cool, we're here for the tackyness, so this only enhances the experience.

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The back door to the T Rex is now behind the pay line inside the fence.

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Pee-Wee went in here for his date with a waitress.

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