stuck in socal

work has stranded me in a place that they call the inland empire. it appears to be the land of endless malls and chain restaurants. one of the people i met out here actually described it as the armpit of california. and he lives here! go figure.

i've been taking in the scenery for the past few weeks and there are a few interesting tidbits to report. out here the cell phone towers disguised as trees are much more tree like than the ones up in northern california. they even have palm tree cell phone towers! it seems to me that the cell phone towers around my house are all painted a shade of green not found in nature. i wonder why that is?

the other interesting thing in "the ie" (as i heard the local radio station refer to it) was a brief visit to lake arrowhead. we were unable to find the public access portion of the lake but wandered around briefly on the rows of private docks. man it was cold! but very scenic.