Los Angeles and San Diego

So many people so little time. I spent a couple of nights at Steph's place. She rents a room in an enormous house in the Glendale area that has an amazing view of downtown. I slept in a loft and could see the lights from where my bed was.
I visited David and Carol, who couldn't let me go without giving me a whole box of grapefruits from their tree. I won't be getting scurvy on this trip.
Amber now lives with her sister in San Diego. They have a dog and two kittens which were really entertaining. Unfortunately, I had my first big casualty of the road. I backed Babe straight into a lamp post and lost part of the rear bumper. Oh, well. It was very cool to see all these people again. I've been sleeping on the couch at Amber's for the past two nights. Now I'm taking off into the real desert. My first stop is going to be Slab City, somewhere in Imperial County. It's not shown on any maps, but I'm confident I can find it.
As of now, I'm not sure when I'll next have access to the internet since I intend to head to Joshua Tree from Slab City and then into Arizona somewhere.