{"id":7228,"date":"2015-01-04T04:25:09","date_gmt":"2015-01-04T11:25:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.van-tramp.com\/wp\/?p=7228"},"modified":"2015-01-04T04:27:31","modified_gmt":"2015-01-04T11:27:31","slug":"desert-shindig","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.van-tramp.com\/wp\/desert-shindig\/","title":{"rendered":"Desert shindig"},"content":{"rendered":"

Two and a half days of driving and I have arrived at my Southern California layover in (or just outside of) Anza-Borrego Desert State Park. This stop was not initially on my itinerary but after seeing the Malimish family<\/a> was hanging out in the area I thought I would pop in to catch up on their travels since our last rendezvous in Jan of 2014.<\/p>\n

I had only a general idea of where they may be camping, and relied on the shine of their airstream with a desert backdrop to guide me in on final approach, but I got more than I bargained for; a second sunrise with more than a half dozen polished Airstreams beckoning my off the asphalt and down a dirt road. Not 100 yards off the road I ran into the familiar truck and trailer of Aluminarium<\/a> (a bonus visit). Another quarter mile further down the road – at the Airstream camp – was a hodgepodge of others that I have met over the past few years with a sprinkling of new folks. Todd & Russ in the <\/a>Wanderlodge<\/a>, Kerri of asolojourner<\/a>, Mike and Kelly of Follow the Tumbleweed<\/a>, and others I have yet to catalog into my overwhelmed cranium. Basically, it’s a surprise desert shindig with heaping portions of socializing, story telling, and – of course – drinking.
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I will be sure to snap the shutter a few times before I leave the party in a few days. For now, accept this as a consolation prize…<\/p>\n

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The Wanderlodge in all it’s glory<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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