Yucca Valley, California

Before we left our hotel in Oxnard, we had to take
a few appreciative photos of the gardens.
This is a large aloe about five feet in diameter.

Blooming calla lilies.

Birds of Paradise. These are also found in Hawaii.

The sun reflecting on a calm Pacific Ocean
north of Malibu.

Palm trees at Malibu.

View of densely populated Malibu.

When they run out of ocean front, they build on
the side of hills which are often unstable.

The main organ at the Crystal Cathedral, Garden
Grove, CA. This instrument has more than
16,000 pipes.

Here you see one of two trumpeteria. Pictured
here is the north division containing 183 trumpets.

The balcony organ that is in the back of the church.

There were at least a dozen sculptures of people
from the Bible. This is the Prodigal Son Returns.

The campus of the Crystal Cathedral has five major
buildings and abundant statuary, gardens and water
features. I found the banana trees particularly interesting.

One last look at the cathedral and the carillon tower.

Back into the desert we go on the way to Yucca Valley,
just north of Palm Springs.