Desert Christ Park

If you have ever read the Bible then at some point you have probably thought, "I wonder what it was like to be...(Fill in the blank with any biblical story)." Well at Desert Christ Park you have that chance to relive the experience, except for the fact that everyone is made out of Concrete. Here you can walk amongst Jesus giving the semon on the mount, visit the empty tomb, or be one of the 12 hanging out during the last supper.

Good Job Jesus!

What do you mean I'm not part of the inner circle?

DCP was the creation of Frank Antoine Martin. He started the project with just one 12 foot Jesus that he intended on putting in the Grand Canyon, however that didn't quite work out. So like every great artist he reinvisioned his idea and started creating walking through scenes.

Keeping Watch in the Garden

Where'd HE Go

All of his statues we made out of concrete and reinforced steel, he refused to listen to other who told him that this was not a good idea. So, when a 7.4 earthquake hit landers in 1992 it destroyed most of his creations. Leaving the garden a bit eerie! Imagine a Terminator Jesus, a beautiful Jesus face with rebar for hands, calling out to you, "Come to Me". Or statue children with heads broken off sitting at Jesus feet.

To be honest, this was one of my favorite places to visit. It was quite and scerene, the place had a meditative solitutide about it, but also creeped you out just a little bit! I was heartbroken when I accidently deleted most of my pics from my photo album. The ones on this page do not really do justice to the beauty that is Desert Christ Park. Below are a couple of links, but really do yourself a favor and take a drive to the middle of nowhere Yucca Valley and see the place for yourself!

http://www.weirdus.com/stories/CA07.asp

http://www.jtrocksart.com/martin.html

http://www.roadsideamerica.com/attract/CAYUCdesertchrist.html

http://www.desertchristpark.org/pages/1/index.htm

The Unoffical McDonald's Museum

Last year about this time, we started taking local trips to see some Roadside Attractions. One of the First places we went too was the Unoffical McDonald's Museum in San Bernardino, California. The orginal Museum (Or so says, psuedo-owner Ray Kroc and Money Machine) is located in Des Plaines, Illinois which is a recreation of the original first branched McDonald's after the Kroc talked the McD brothers into incorporating and then later buying them out.

The San Bernardino version is located at the orginal site of the very first McDonalds (Sort of, the first started in Arcadia, but the Airdome was moved to San Bernardino about 3 years later) and became a popular teen hangout that later sparked the Fastfood Craze. After the location went through a number of owners and became run down, the current owner decided to purchase the spot and make it a Museum. The Current owner is a restraunter himself, owning the local legend Juan Pollo. He also bought another Route 66 historic location...The town of Amboy!

Anyhow, I was perusing old photos and found that I had never got around to posting our pics. So Here you go! And if you get a chance take a trip out and check out the Museum.



I use to love this playground equipment

The Juan Pollo Cruzing Car

Memrabilia