I’m in Joshua Tree. Well, I’m actually in the Starbucks in Yucca Valley, five miles up the road. I only wanted to make a couple of notes:
1) I’m not sure that tracking my mileage/gas is worthwhile this trip as I’m going to be darting to and fro with an extended stay in the Carolinas. I did start out at 9836.4 km, though, and hit the 10,000km mark yesterday on the scooter driving to Joshua Tree.
2) I had dubbed the trip out to LA “Nomad’s Land.” So witty. While I was traveling, I saw all these slices of Americana. All these snapshots of America that I hadn’t seen before except in my mind, some of which I didn’t capture, neither in words nor in photos. And then some of what I saw, I had never even imagined. I’ve decided to 
classify everything on this part of the trip under the title “American Gothic”, borrowing from Grant Wood’s classic painting. It’s a surreal life in a surreal landscape filled with surreal people. This is the America I see.
That’s all.
Scott, I loved those two pictures of the night/sunset sky at Joshua Tree. They are fantastic. You have gotten some great shots on this trip. You should be able to do something with them.
The picture, “30 seconds of light” – how you do dat?? Great shot. New Camera?
Ray
I simply set the exposure for 30 seconds. And tried to be still in the two positions.