desert getaway part III // pioneertown

Our final day in the desert brought us to Pioneertown, a former movie set for old westerns in the 40's and 50's. We came for the food at Pappy & Harriet's, and stayed to check out the ghost town-like grounds and front yard oddities of the people who live there. One of those places where you feel transported to a different time.

 Equally as charming as the shops and buildings were the front yard decor of Pioneertown's residents. We saw a rusted car with a cacti garden growing out of the trunk, and a shrine-like collection of broken bits of pottery and dishes laid out in a circle on the ground. Anywhere else, this would seem slightly mad or out of place, but in this desert town it just seemed to fit.

With our bellies full of food and our desert adventuring sated, we said goodbye to this quaint little bit of California history, and made our way back down south to San Diego. A perfect end to the best two-day getaway I've had in a long time :)