Ahhhhhh....a day in the lovely desert of 29Palms! Couldn't have been better. We were off but the crew didn't know where we were going. (I'm not stupid; I don't like 'is it Monday yet? when are we leaving?' questions for days on end) I endured the many 'give us a hint' pleas and the "Mom, we are in the middle of nowhere" comments and kept driving. It was a surprise to my kids as we arrived; 'who lives here?' Out walks our dear friends relocated back from NY. Maggie nabbed the quote of the day with her reaction "YOU ARE KIDDING ME!" Truly priceless. The kids got along fabulously and we were fed lunch & dinner, who could ask for more. It is always fun to visit with them and exchange plenty of 'dudes' to welcome them back to SoCal. They reminded me of one of my favorite words too -- JANKY.

Bonus: I found a gas station before running out of gas at 11:00pm with four sleeping children in the car.