Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Thin-crust pizzas for takeout and delivery. Flavors span standards to the David Bowie:
white pizza with mozzarella, Guinness caramelized onions, jalapenos, pineapple, bacon,
and sweet plum sauce. Enjoy yours under the exposed rafters in the wood and corrugated
metal dining room, or under the tree on the back patio.
Joshua Tree Saloon
BAR
(
www.thejoshuatreesaloon.com
; 61835 Twentynine Palms Hwy; 8am-2am; )
This watering hole with jukebox, pool tables and cowboy flair serves bar food along with
rib-sticking burgers and steaks. Most people come here for the nightly entertainment, such
as open-mic Tuesdays, karaoke Wednesdays and DJ Fridays. Over 21 only.
OFF THE BEATEN TRACK
INTEGRATRON
In 1947 former aerospace engineer George van Tassel moved his family to a patch of
dusty desert north of Joshua Tree. The land included a free-standing boulder, beneath
which local desert rat Frank Critzer had excavated a series of rooms. Van Tassel started
meditating in these rooms and, as the story goes, was visited in August 1953 by a flying
saucer from Venus. The aliens invited him aboard and taught him the technique for reju-
venating living cells. Van Tassel used his otherworldly knowledge to build the
Integratron
( 760-364-3126;
www.integratron.com
; 2477 Belfield Boulevard, Landers; sound baths $20-80), a
wooden domed structure that he variously called a time machine, an antigravity device
and a rejuvenation chamber. Judge for yourself by taking a personal tour or a sonic heal-
ing bath, in which crystal bowls are struck under the acoustically perfect dome. Check
the website for special events such as UFO symposiums. Public sound baths are conduc-
ted at 11:45am, 1pm and 2:15pm on two weekends a month (the website has dates). All
other visits are by appointment only.
Shopping
In arty Joshua Tree, look for a cluster of galleries on Twentynine Palms Hwy within a
couple blocks of the park entrance. Opening hours and works vary.
Wind Walkers
CRAFTS
