We made an unplanned visit to Pinnacles National Park today, the 59th national park. Beautiful, remote area, but not a lot of options for the whole family to hike. We still enjoyed the scenery and the birds!
(Pinnacles formed by volcanoes)
Lots of woodpeckers in this tree!
On our way to Pinnacles, Mom and I listened to the Doors first album. It is her favorite album of all time, and she told me how her roommate's brother found out about them first, and then her roommate brought home the record, and they listened to it over and over. They were 19.
When the song "Back Door Man" came on, I commented on how that could be misinterpreted. "No," my mom said, "it means exactly what you think it means."
"What!?"
"Yes."
"No way. I don't believe you!"
"Jim Morrison liked to shock people. He exposed himself on stage once." She went on to explain how some guy named Ray was responsible for composing the music, and Jim wrote the lyrics. We started imagining what band meetings would look like.
Ray: All right guys, hope you liked that new piece I shared with you last week. Jim, did you come up with any lyrics?
Jim: Oh yeah, man, I'm almost done. I wrote this rad story about a guy who's in love with him mom, so he kills his dad because he's jealous.
Everyone else (face palms): Dammit, Jim!
Ray: Well, I've been working on something new this week. Let me share it with you. (Plays something on the piano.) Jim, any ideas for lyrics?
Jim: Oh yeah! I'm gonna write about how much I love anal!
Everyone else: Dammit, Jim!
Mom and I giggled and giggled, but the conversation pretty much ended there because I don't like knowing that my mom knows about anal sex.
After some super stressful driving, we made it to a state park with redwoods. I never get tired of seeing these trees. Pictures don't do them justice; they are just awe-inspiring.
(It looks like there are faces in the bark.)
My favorite part of this place was going inside one of the trees! It's a famous tree that some guy actually camped in back in the 1800's. You have to crawl inside, but then it's so spacious! You can stand up and stretch out your arms. Mom and I were just delighted to be hanging out inside a redwood!
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