We flew out from SFO to LAX at 8am, and arrived 9:30am. After, we went to Airport Van Rental to pick up the Dodge Caravan (it was the cheapest place to rent this car with unlimited miles, and returning to a different city). (also, note that you should take the Thrifty shuttle to get to AVR, and use Google Maps for the exact location).

After picking up the car, we grabbed lunch at a pho place near by:

http://food.johnmatienzo.com/2019/05/06/pho-hue-oi/

From there, we drove 2 hours to get to our AirBNB near Joshua Tree. But before we reached The AirBNB, we stopped by Vons to grab some supplies (and note to self, they have the good hard liquor at the front of the store!).

We got to the AirBnB at 6:30pm. Since we wanted to squeeze in a hike, we quickly unloaded and headed out.

We went to a trail called Fortynine Palm Oasis, which was only a 3 mile hike. However, because of taking a lot of photos, we didn’t compete the hike since we wanted to get back before it was too dark (sunset was at 7:30pm).

When we came back, it was a night of dinner and drinks.