The trip for today was Pioneer Town which is located about 20 miles away from 29 Palms. The car GPS likes to take back roads so driving time was 43 minutes or so. It was a good drive. I can say that since Diane was the driver, but she would agree.

If you access the link for Pioneer Town, you will know that this place was built to serve as a permanent western movie set. When we got there nothing was going on and it was time to eat, so that’s what we did at Pappy & Harriet’s Pioneer Town Palace. Here’s proof by way of one of my better selfies.

I chose steak nachos

Diane had a fish sandwich

The interior was pretty much covered with vanity plates from all over the country.

It was cold so we didn’t want to eat outside and left Max in the car. He does real well staying in the car because he doesn’t chew anything, he just sleeps. When we got back to him, this was his greeting.

The trip back to Twentynine Palms was all downhill,

and darkness quickly descended on us as we returned to Twilight Dunes. The day’s ending was quite stunning.

It was a nice ending to a nice day. Sadly, I think the incredible color was amplified by the fires west of us.