Wednesday, April 21, 2010

Coachella day 3























We spent most of Sunday laying around in the sun by the pool and relaxing. Finally late in the day we headed back out to try our luck one last time at Coachella. My expectations were beyond low and because of that everything went great. We got there in time to watch Phoenix and they were SO good, they killed it! We were just dancing and having the greatest time. Afterwards we went and watched Yann Tiersen (he did the soundtrack for Amelie). I was super excited to see him and he was great. Then we watched Thom Yorke and then Gorilliaz closed the show. After Friday night I thought I would never attend another Coachella ever again but Sunday night renewed my faith. In fact I'm already looking forward to next year!

Coachella day 2

Jon and I had extra tickets to Coachella as well as an extra room at the Condo we rented so we invited my lil bro Michael out. He brought his friend Diana. After Friday night being so crazy, Saturday being pretty action packed Jon and I decided to stay in and cook dinner. Michael and Diana headed to Coachella and had a blast. These are a few pictures they took...






Tuesday, April 20, 2010

Salvation Mountain































Jon had read about Leonard Knight in Niland, California and his Salvation Mountain. We arrived and got a tour from the man himself. Salvation Mountain is Leonard's tribute to God. He has been working on it for over 29 years. The first 17 years he was completely alone before people started coming to visit. Now about a thousand people visit each week. The mountain is made adobe style with hay and clay and he has painted huge flowers, water, trees, crosses, you name it. You follow the yellow brick road up the mountain to the top. It was incredible to see and to actually meet him one of the last great 'American Folk Artists'.