1 00:00:01,480 --> 00:00:05,480 Speaker 1: Welcome to your diary episode. Here's the thing. I'm a 2 00:00:05,519 --> 00:00:09,119 Speaker 1: bit of a nomad, so these episodes come to from 3 00:00:09,160 --> 00:00:13,000 Speaker 1: wherever I'm living or traveling to at the time, so 4 00:00:13,360 --> 00:00:15,720 Speaker 1: I'll share with you what's going on in my world. 5 00:00:15,800 --> 00:00:22,160 Speaker 1: From book tours, animal encounters, delish meals, nature adventures, health discoveries, 6 00:00:22,440 --> 00:00:25,840 Speaker 1: to swimming in hidden Byron Bay beaches. Come with me 7 00:00:26,000 --> 00:00:33,040 Speaker 1: as I share my adventures with you. Hello, diary update. 8 00:00:33,080 --> 00:00:36,760 Speaker 1: For you. To be honest, I feel like although I've 9 00:00:36,760 --> 00:00:41,040 Speaker 1: had time off work to spend time with Dad, I 10 00:00:41,080 --> 00:00:43,959 Speaker 1: feel like I haven't really stopped. So We've just got 11 00:00:43,960 --> 00:00:49,160 Speaker 1: back from the Joshua Tree. We did lots of kind 12 00:00:49,159 --> 00:00:56,840 Speaker 1: of touristy exploration kind of things. We got there. I 13 00:00:56,840 --> 00:00:59,360 Speaker 1: think we're there for three nights four days. In the end, 14 00:01:00,000 --> 00:01:01,560 Speaker 1: I got there and went straight to this thing called 15 00:01:01,560 --> 00:01:07,760 Speaker 1: the integratron. Fascinating story. Basically this I believe he was 16 00:01:07,760 --> 00:01:10,280 Speaker 1: some kind of a scientist, had a dream one night 17 00:01:10,440 --> 00:01:12,880 Speaker 1: that aliens came to visit him and they told him 18 00:01:12,880 --> 00:01:14,880 Speaker 1: to build this structure. I'm not making this up, by 19 00:01:14,880 --> 00:01:17,160 Speaker 1: the way, told you with this structure that is this 20 00:01:17,280 --> 00:01:20,560 Speaker 1: like perfect dome. It's got no metal in it. No nails. 21 00:01:20,600 --> 00:01:25,039 Speaker 1: It's just wood and I believe glued together. Anyway, apparently 22 00:01:25,160 --> 00:01:28,480 Speaker 1: he was going to create some electromagnetic field in there. 23 00:01:28,520 --> 00:01:31,040 Speaker 1: The aliens taught him this and it was like a 24 00:01:31,080 --> 00:01:35,520 Speaker 1: youth like elixa for humans like to spend time in there. Anyway, 25 00:01:35,560 --> 00:01:39,000 Speaker 1: he passed away before he could finish that electromagnetic part 26 00:01:39,040 --> 00:01:43,920 Speaker 1: of it, and he these three women bought it for 27 00:01:44,000 --> 00:01:46,800 Speaker 1: sound baths, and so now it's this incredible sound bath 28 00:01:47,000 --> 00:01:52,280 Speaker 1: healing space. You definitely get like real hippie wooo vibes 29 00:01:52,280 --> 00:01:57,480 Speaker 1: in there, but it is awesome, so much fun. It 30 00:01:57,640 --> 00:02:00,320 Speaker 1: goes throughout sixty minutes or so, and if you've done 31 00:02:00,320 --> 00:02:03,400 Speaker 1: any kind of like yin yoga with sound bowls before, 32 00:02:03,920 --> 00:02:07,520 Speaker 1: it's like that but on steroids. Amazing. Then that night 33 00:02:07,560 --> 00:02:10,359 Speaker 1: we went to Pioneertown. You know, I love pineer Town. 34 00:02:10,520 --> 00:02:15,440 Speaker 1: I've been now, I believe five times, I want to say, 35 00:02:15,919 --> 00:02:18,560 Speaker 1: but basically it's a Western town. It was built in 36 00:02:18,560 --> 00:02:24,840 Speaker 1: the forties to film Western movies, literally and it's in credit. 37 00:02:24,840 --> 00:02:26,760 Speaker 1: But we went for a specific night. It was for 38 00:02:26,840 --> 00:02:30,160 Speaker 1: a Western movie night. I just found them on Instagram 39 00:02:30,720 --> 00:02:34,320 Speaker 1: and we went and saw Rio Bravo. I believe it 40 00:02:34,360 --> 00:02:37,360 Speaker 1: was called with John Wayne. It also had Dean Martin 41 00:02:37,360 --> 00:02:40,800 Speaker 1: in there and he sung It's so much fun. The 42 00:02:40,800 --> 00:02:43,400 Speaker 1: food was in cred, the vibe was in cred like 43 00:02:43,840 --> 00:02:46,800 Speaker 1: festoon fairy light vibes. It was chili. It was mighty 44 00:02:46,880 --> 00:02:49,639 Speaker 1: chili for my Aussie friends. It was probably like four 45 00:02:49,680 --> 00:02:54,280 Speaker 1: degrees at night, three or four like freezing. For me, 46 00:02:54,480 --> 00:02:57,080 Speaker 1: I haven't felt that cold and long long time, but 47 00:02:57,160 --> 00:03:01,480 Speaker 1: it was such a great vibe. Then the next day 48 00:03:01,480 --> 00:03:04,919 Speaker 1: we went into actual Joshua Tree National Park. We went 49 00:03:04,960 --> 00:03:07,440 Speaker 1: to a place called Joshua Tree Coffee. We checked out 50 00:03:07,440 --> 00:03:10,640 Speaker 1: the flea market. We went to the Joshua Tree Trading 51 00:03:10,680 --> 00:03:13,920 Speaker 1: Post as well as the Mahave Trading Post. There is 52 00:03:13,960 --> 00:03:16,400 Speaker 1: so much great thrift shopping there, but Matt and I 53 00:03:16,440 --> 00:03:19,040 Speaker 1: had done that before, and we did a bit thrift 54 00:03:19,040 --> 00:03:22,320 Speaker 1: shopping in New York as well, so we were kind 55 00:03:22,320 --> 00:03:24,600 Speaker 1: of just showing Dad a lay the land. We also 56 00:03:24,760 --> 00:03:28,639 Speaker 1: went to this like hippie cafe called Bruja Elixa. I 57 00:03:28,680 --> 00:03:30,800 Speaker 1: hope I'm saying that right, I think I am. And 58 00:03:30,840 --> 00:03:35,480 Speaker 1: it's all like medicinal mushrooms and what else does she sell? 59 00:03:35,520 --> 00:03:39,240 Speaker 1: She sells like the legal cannabis because it's legal here 60 00:03:39,240 --> 00:03:43,120 Speaker 1: in the state of California. But anyway, I got this 61 00:03:43,240 --> 00:03:44,960 Speaker 1: match a drink. She's got an Elixa bar there. So 62 00:03:45,000 --> 00:03:48,160 Speaker 1: I got this like match a drink with quartersp mushrooms 63 00:03:48,240 --> 00:03:51,840 Speaker 1: in it, not lionspin, but well I think it had 64 00:03:51,920 --> 00:03:54,800 Speaker 1: ushwa gundher in there as well. It's like an adapter gym. 65 00:03:55,120 --> 00:03:56,600 Speaker 1: And that was I got that on arm milk. That 66 00:03:56,600 --> 00:03:58,480 Speaker 1: was really great. But I went back the next day 67 00:03:58,520 --> 00:04:01,800 Speaker 1: because she created this special one all about opening your 68 00:04:01,840 --> 00:04:05,920 Speaker 1: third eye and it had a crystal elixa in it 69 00:04:06,000 --> 00:04:09,960 Speaker 1: called Lapis loupalos or something. He's a crystal all about 70 00:04:09,960 --> 00:04:13,920 Speaker 1: opening your third eye and connecting to your divine purpose. 71 00:04:14,320 --> 00:04:16,279 Speaker 1: And it was really cool and it tastes it was 72 00:04:16,320 --> 00:04:21,880 Speaker 1: like a lavender infused kind of latte. Really good, really delish. 73 00:04:22,240 --> 00:04:26,520 Speaker 1: Absolutely loved it. Where else we go. We went back 74 00:04:26,680 --> 00:04:30,000 Speaker 1: to Pioneertown as well for a day visit because it's 75 00:04:30,040 --> 00:04:33,000 Speaker 1: such a great little vibe. We took Dad to Pappy 76 00:04:33,040 --> 00:04:35,680 Speaker 1: and Harriet's got the Ribs. It's probably one of our 77 00:04:35,839 --> 00:04:39,680 Speaker 1: favorite meal places in California. I would say, Matt and 78 00:04:39,720 --> 00:04:43,640 Speaker 1: I love it. They have this beautiful eight year aged 79 00:04:44,080 --> 00:04:47,160 Speaker 1: bourbon and I think, you know, that we love a 80 00:04:47,200 --> 00:04:50,320 Speaker 1: whiskey and it was really really yummy. And I tried 81 00:04:50,360 --> 00:04:52,400 Speaker 1: chili for the first time. So chili is like at 82 00:04:52,440 --> 00:04:59,000 Speaker 1: a very westerny I think American meal. It's like black beans, 83 00:04:59,040 --> 00:05:02,360 Speaker 1: like kidney bean and like slow cooked meat. And we 84 00:05:02,520 --> 00:05:04,360 Speaker 1: had it at Pappy and Harriet's. But I did get 85 00:05:04,360 --> 00:05:06,480 Speaker 1: to try it at Western Movie Night as well, and 86 00:05:06,520 --> 00:05:09,240 Speaker 1: it was so young because I love beans and kind 87 00:05:09,240 --> 00:05:12,400 Speaker 1: of like Mexican flavors, but it was like super slow 88 00:05:12,400 --> 00:05:16,520 Speaker 1: cooked meat with it. Oh so yummy. Ten out of ten. 89 00:05:17,000 --> 00:05:21,440 Speaker 1: We also visited this place called the Giant Rock, which 90 00:05:21,520 --> 00:05:25,880 Speaker 1: is a freestanding boulder, one of the largest freestanding boulders 91 00:05:25,880 --> 00:05:29,640 Speaker 1: in the world. Apparently a German spy lived under there 92 00:05:29,760 --> 00:05:33,960 Speaker 1: and got bombed out, but also apparently it has spiritual 93 00:05:34,040 --> 00:05:37,239 Speaker 1: significance as well, so touched the rock made a wish 94 00:05:37,320 --> 00:05:40,960 Speaker 1: of course, also made a wish in the center of 95 00:05:41,000 --> 00:05:44,400 Speaker 1: the integratron because there's this one because it's like a 96 00:05:44,400 --> 00:05:48,720 Speaker 1: dome shape and there's this one little circle like squareshoul 97 00:05:48,720 --> 00:05:51,120 Speaker 1: I say, in the middle of the room, and there's 98 00:05:51,120 --> 00:05:53,160 Speaker 1: a hole up the top and it's like a cylinder 99 00:05:53,200 --> 00:05:54,719 Speaker 1: of sound and so what have you say? In it. 100 00:05:54,839 --> 00:05:58,640 Speaker 1: We can't hear outside you, but it's like imagine like 101 00:05:58,720 --> 00:06:00,960 Speaker 1: being beamed up kind of thing. It was very cool, 102 00:06:01,080 --> 00:06:04,600 Speaker 1: very alien e vibes, but very very cool. I went. 103 00:06:04,680 --> 00:06:07,039 Speaker 1: I went for the first time, also to Joshua Tree 104 00:06:07,040 --> 00:06:09,960 Speaker 1: health food store that was great. Got some to Murray Almonds. 105 00:06:10,360 --> 00:06:12,120 Speaker 1: We had a night where we just had a cook 106 00:06:12,200 --> 00:06:14,960 Speaker 1: up at home and played scrabble and watched the sunset. 107 00:06:15,600 --> 00:06:19,600 Speaker 1: I watched a lot of sunrises. We stayed at an 108 00:06:19,640 --> 00:06:22,400 Speaker 1: Airbnb a little bit further out, so last time we 109 00:06:22,400 --> 00:06:23,280 Speaker 1: stay in Yucker Valley.