It's a bird; it's a plane, is it a tree? NO, remember those sneaky Californians? It's a 'palm' cell tower! I wish I had taken a photo of the huge (fake) rock on the far side of Palm Desert. There was this huge 'boulder', maybe 30-40' high, and 70 ' long up on the hill side. But the rock type was just a bit off. It was either a glacial erratic or something was weird. Finally on closer inspection, I could see that it was likely an elaborate disguise for a water tank or reservoir. But just driving by, you'd never suspect.
This is kind of the opposite of Mexico where most microwave towers I saw actually had highway signs pointing to them with the company name on it.

While I am (place) name dropping ... yesterday we came through Loma Linda, Fontana, Ontario, San Dimas (Bob and Ted's most excellent adventure), Pasadena, Burbank, Hollywood, Studio City, Thousand Oaks (left Thousand Palms yesterday) (Lake Louise could be called Thousand Pines, or Five Hundred Pines since Lee has been busy!), (where was I?), Ventura, and Santa Barbara. If you are quick on the Google Earth, we are presently sitting in a very nice treed area of Goleta (?), where the lilacs are in full bloom!

34.44849N 119.83207W

See if you can pick out the 'real' trees!
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