The Last Hurrah in Honolulu. Such good friends are hard to come by!
We made a quick stop on Maui and had lunch with Gavin's adoptive parents, the Gross'! We enjoyed our picnic lunch on the beach near the airport. What a way to spend the last meal in Hawaii!
Here's a picture of our Aloha Boeing 737-700 that took us from Kahului Maui to San Diego. (Notice the blended winglets at the end of the wingtip.)
Unfortunately our flight out of OGG was delayed an hour (maybe we should have flown America's #1 On-Time Airline instead of Aloha?) and by time we got our bags, it was past midnight and the Dollar Rental Desk had closed for the night. We carted our stuff over to Hertz (since they were the only ones open) and they wanted to charge us close to three times what Dollar quoted us. Forget that! We took a cab to George's house and picked up the car the next morning since we were headed out to Indio for the Coachella Valley Art and Music Festival.
Windfarms on the way from San Diego to Indio.
George, Hector and myself in the parking area for the Coachella Valley Festival.
Ice Cold Beer & Water. A must have in the desert!
Art?
James Blunt.
Paul Oakenfold.
The highlight of the festival was the five-act number that Madonna put on. She kept the crowd waiting for about 25 minutes and the crowd got pretty restless and actually booed her a few times (hey, you would too if you stood out in the hot desert sun all day long and then some bitch keeps you waiting). All was forgotten when she came out and rocked to some of her new material and then picked up an electric guitar and did "Ray of Light." Fabulous. Love Madge!
Travelodge Palm Springs.
We had the brunch buffet at the Agua Caliente Casino, located just outside of Palm Springs. Gav won $5 bucks on the slot machine!
Ever since I was a kid, I've wanted to see this giant fiberglass T-Rex located in the Southern California Desert that was featured in a few great movies.
Gav and I at Hector's Mom's house in the Temecula Hills.
