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var slides = new Array();
// Dec 19
slides[00] = new Slide("01", "<ref>Me.</ref> We are working our away around a series of trails that form a loop. They involve the Berns, Henderson, and Shannon Trails. 10:05.", 525, 700);
slides[01] = new Slide("02", "<ref>Signs of progress (and memory).</ref> I do not know any more about Shannon than you can see here in the sign. 10:34.");
slides[02] = new Slide("03", "<ref>Looking down on part of</ref> the Bob Hope estate. We learned from a runner that this round-roofed building is used for events these days. 11:21.");
slides[03] = new Slide("04", "<ref>Pretty, but prickly.</ref> This prickly pair is blooming. Don't get to see that too often. 11:31.");
slides[04] = new Slide("05", "<ref>Look close</ref> at the blooming Prickly Pear. 11:31.");

// Dec. 20
slides[05] = new Slide("06", "<ref>About 15 minutes into our hike</ref> to Cactus Spring we paused here near some remnants of an old dolomite mine. We are still following an old road before we start to descend into the canyons that will lead us to the spring. This trail is located in the San Bernardino National Forest, Santa Rosa Wilderness area. 09:36.", 320, 240);
slides[06] = new Slide("07", "<ref>My Mom</ref> coming down the trail 09:34.");
slides[07] = new Slide("08", "<ref>Signs of progress.</ref> From here we start to enter more canyon-like country, having left the old road now heading generally east towards Horse Thief's Creek. 10:02.");
slides[08] = new Slide("09", "<ref>It is Dad's turn</ref> to pose for the camera in the same location as the previous photo but facing the other way 10:04.");
slides[09] = new Slide("10", "<ref>Sign of death (and life).</ref> This dead bird was laying on the trail just beyond a slow flowing tiny stream. We had already crossed, and would cross more, dry streambeds so finding this tiny stream was a surprise. 10:25.");
slides[10] = new Slide("11", "After hiking down a loose-rock bank on the western shore of Horse Thief Creek <ref>we found this lively stream.</ref> 10:55..");
slides[11] = new Slide("12", "<ref>Mom on the</ref> same western shore of the stream. 10:55.");
slides[12] = new Slide("13", "After climbing the eastern bank, about a 400 foot ascent, we came to a plateau that would take us across some of the more open terrain we would see today. We then dropped into a sandy wash which we would follow for some time. What you see here is indicative of that wash's terrain and flora. <ref>Mom and I are near the farthest extent</ref> of our hike. Dad has been heading back to the trailhead for about 25 minutes. 12:28.");
slides[13] = new Slide("14", "Mom dubbed <ref>this area yucca country.</ref> We are just beyond the major sign within 15 minutes of the mine. The yucca are stunning. 13:59.");
slides[14] = new Slide("15", "<ref>A look</ref> at some of the old mine works. 14:24.");


// Dec 22
slides[15] = new Slide("16", "<ref>Me. We are hiking to Pushawalla Canyon</ref> and the oasis it contains. To get there we first need to cross the desert in Indio Hills, climb up a ridge, over a plateau, and down into the canyon. It's going to be a bright and warm day. 09:46.", 525, 700);
slides[16] = new Slide("17", "<ref>Mom and Dad on the plateau.</ref> We are taking a different route than described by the guidebook. This wide open area is about 400 feet above the canyon that is supposed to have the palm oases. 10:47.");
slides[17] = new Slide("18", "We aren't sure what <ref>these daisy-like flowers</ref> are, but they are pretty. 10:52.");
slides[18] = new Slide("19", "<ref>Another view</ref> of the same flowers and their silvery gray leaves. As you can see the sun has pretty much taken over the sky, but the streaks of clouds that are left sure make things stunning. 10:53.");
slides[19] = new Slide("20", "<ref>This series of vibrant red bushes</ref> (does this mean they, like mazanita, are doing well) are right near the yellow flowers. 10:54.");
slides[20] = new Slide("21", "<ref>Looking down into the canyon</ref> we are descending. It is a rocky climb down which makes it slow, but it is not overwhelmingly steep. 11:08.");
slides[21] = new Slide("22", "<ref>Looking back up from below.</ref>  11:19. <span class='authorcredit'>Photo by Dad.</span>", 525, 700);
slides[22] = new Slide("23", "At the bottom of the canyon. This is Pushawalla Canyon, home to many palm trees, water, and much shape. You can see where we came down from. You can also <a href=\"javascript:OpenImageNamed('1915-1917.mov', 400, 300, true)\">view this panorama</a> as a virtual reality movie (starts looking to the right).11:21.", 525, 700);
slides[23] = new Slide("24", "We are about to <ref>walk  into this long narrow oasis.</ref> 11:25.", 1978, 700);
slides[24] = new Slide("25", "<ref>It is really incredible in here.</ref> There must be more than the obvious trickle of a stream. 11:25.", 525, 700);
slides[25] = new Slide("26", "The feel <ref>inside this palm oasis</ref> is completely different from the anything we have seen so far (or in Tucson). I can't quite put my finger on it, but this is an awesome location. 11:26.");
slides[26] = new Slide("27", "It's so obviously life-filled in this oasis. But it would be a mistake to forget that the rest of the desert does not too have a good share of life in it. But there is no doubt that an oasis is a refuge. 11:27.");
slides[27] = new Slide("28", "The fronds on all the palm trees are immense. I don't think I have ever seen palm trees with frond coats like these before. Maybe palms in cities or at the beach get their frond pruned back. 11:31.", 525, 700);
slides[28] = new Slide("29", "We climbed up from the plateau you see spreading out below a couple dozen meters and began following this crest to this location where we would have lunch. In this panorama you are looking north and east out across the Alien Landing plateau. We're at about 800 feet above sea level. You can also <a href=\"javascript:OpenImageNamed('1929-1932.mov', 400, 300, true)\">view this panorama</a> as a virtual reality movie (starts looking to the right). 12:24.", 2728, 700);
slides[29] = new Slide("30", "In this panorama you are looking south and west towards Thousand Palms Road. We're at about 800 feet above sea level. You can also <a href=\"javascript:OpenImageNamed('1933-1936.mov', 400, 300, true)\">view this panorama</a> as a virtual reality movie (starts looking to the right).12:25.", 2650, 700);
slides[30] = new Slide("32", "We came upon <ref>these deep white flowers</ref> near the end of the hike. Really quite something. 13:16.");
slides[31] = new Slide("31", "<ref>&hellip;And the cloae-up</ref> and personal glimpse into this flower's heart. ~13:16.");
slides[32] = new Slide("33", "<ref>A view from the aerial tram</ref> as we ascend to the upper station on Mount San Jacinto. In this case you are looking down out across the valley. 14:40.", 700, 259);

// Dec 23

slides[33] = new Slide("34", "<ref>Yucca and cool boulder formations</ref> are what greet us as we stroll along the path to Barker Dam. We are in Joshua Tree National Park at about 4000 feet above sea level. 10:19.");
slides[34] = new Slide("35", "<ref>Dad standing near the start</ref> of the Barker Dam trail loop. The boulders in the background are a major attraction in Joshua Tree National Park. 10:20.", 525, 700);
slides[35] = new Slide("36", "<ref>This pool</ref> behind the century old Barker Dam used to help ranchers water their cattle. But cattle ranching did not last long here and now this water rich region is home to lush plants and sometimes water fowl and other birds. 10:29.");
slides[36] = new Slide("37", "<ref>Dad posing</ref> at Barker Dam. 10:30.");
slides[37] = new Slide("38", "<ref>My turn to stand for a photo</ref> at the pool. It is so still that you can be fooled into thinking it's a mirror. 10:31.", 524, 700);
slides[38] = new Slide("39", "Looking out upon the pool of mirror smooth water behind Barker Dam. You can also <a href=\"javascript:OpenImageNamed('1962-1968a.mov', 400, 300, true)\">view this panorama</a> as a virtual reality movie (starts looking to the right). 10:33.", 4267, 700);
slides[39] = new Slide("40", "<ref>The cement top</ref> of the dam, seen here, is a few decades younger than the rest of the structure. 10:42.");
slides[40] = new Slide("41", "We don't know why <ref>this structure, we think a cistern,</ref> has two rings. But it makes sense that it held water fed to it by a pipe from the dam above. 10:47.");
slides[41] = new Slide("42", "An old <ref>worn out water trough.</ref> Considering that it dates back several decades it looks rather good, doesn't it. 10:50.");
slides[42] = new Slide("43", "<ref>The signature tree</ref> of this national park. The Joshua Tree is part of the same family of plants that include yucca. 10:53.");
slides[43] = new Slide("44", "<ref>Petraglyphs.</ref> Some of the glyphs have been outlines in more recent paint. These are about 0.4 miles from the parking lot for the Barker Dam trail loop. 11:07.");
slides[44] = new Slide("45", "<ref>It kind of looks like Manzanita.</ref>  12:12.");
slides[45] = new Slide("46", "We passed this cool <ref>rock formation about an hour earlier.</ref> When we first went by people were climbing it. Now it is just us around. 12:30.");
slides[46] = new Slide("47", "<ref>How about a sense of scale</ref> and proportion. 12:31.", 525, 700);
slides[47] = new Slide("48", "Many rocks in these massive rock piles seem <ref>to balance like this one here.</ref>. 12:31.");

// Dec 24
slides[48] = new Slide("49", "<ref>Here come Mom and Dad</ref> cresting a hill a hill on the Meccacopia trail. This is really a 4-wheel drive trail though obviously that doesn't exclude hiking it. However, until we entered Little Box Canyon about 40 minutes it wasn't a terribly exciting trail (technically we goofed and should n't have gone into Little Box Canyon. We think we turned southward when we should have kept going in an easterly direction). 10:03.");
slides[49] = new Slide("50", "<ref>Near the end of Little Box Canyon.</ref> Although we really did not follow the proper trail to the overlook of the Salton Sea (which is what we wanted to initially do) it was probably just as well. Little Box Canyon, another route that definitely sees considerable 4WD traffic, was a very nice change from the open desert. 11:32.", 525, 700);
slides[50] = new Slide("51", "<ref>Mom at the Salton Sea.</ref> We are standing on a beach of shells. The Salton Sea is not much saltier than the ocean and so can support quite a variety of life from algae to fish. The current body of water started to form in 1905 when the Imperial Valley dike holding back the Colorado River was breached after unusually heavy rainfall. It took two years to seal the breach and control the flooding into the Salton Sink. Though the current lake (376 square miles; the largest lake in California) was created by man the basin has had much larger lakes within itself in the past. These former lakes, like Lake Cahuilla, were temporary drying through evaporation. The Salton Sea though receives over one million acre-feet (an acre-foot is the amount of water it takes to cover an acre to the depth of one foot. An acre is 43,560 square feet. This is equivalent to 1.2 cubic kilometers) of water from agricultural runoff thus sustaining its water level. 13:12.", 524, 700);
slides[51] = new Slide("52", "<ref>Me. Standing on the shore of the Salton Sea.</ref> This 35 mile long by 15 mile (at its widest) wide body of water is somewhat saltier than the Pacific Ocean (4% versus 3.5%; the Great Salt Lake at 28% in its northern arm and about 11% in its southern). 13:14.");

// Dec 25
slides[52] = new Slide("53", "<ref>Passing through a major wind farm</ref> on the way to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX). We got on the road about half an hour ago. The windhills in this photo are turning though we saw dozens, if not hundreds, that were not. 08:10.");

// Movies
// Dec 20
slides[53] = new Slide("MVI_1882", "We've <ref>hiked about 15 minutes</ref> along an old mining road and are looking at the remains of an old dolomite mine. Dad is actually standing on the old road that we'll continue to follow to his left. 09:38.", 320, 240, "2005", "movie");
slides[54] = new Slide("MVI_1893", "We <ref>are at Horse Thief Creek.</ref> I don't think any of expected such a brisk stream to be here. Somewhere near by I bet their are signs that horses were regularly kept here. It's a real pretty spot. 10:56.",  320, 240, "2005", "movie");

// Dec 22
slides[55] = new Slide("MVI_1918", "We have just hiked down from the plateau dropping about 300 feet in elevation <ref>to reach this spot.</ref> At the start of this movie you can see where we came down from. It took a while, but we have all certainly come down much worse. 11:21.", 320, 240, "2005", "movie");
slides[56] = new Slide("MVI_1923", "<ref>The Pushawalla Oasis.</reff> This has to be the highlight of this hike. It is incredible how much things can change when water is easily accessible to the local flora. 11:26.", 320, 240, "2005", "movie");
slides[57] = new Slide("MVI_1942", "<ref>This one minute long</ref> clip gives you a sense of what it was like to ride the rotating tram car (a rotair) up Mount San Jacinto. We are not that far into the tram ride. As you can tell from the clip it is the floor of the car that is rotating, not the entire car which is what I was imagining at first. The desert below is the Sonoran Desert. 14:41.", 320, 240, "2005", "movie");

// Dec 23
slides[58] = new Slide("MVI_1961", "We have been <ref>hiking the Barker Dam Loop Trail</ref> to reach this point. It's a lovely still pool today, really quite stunning. The combination of water, varied flora, sounds of birds, and the impressive rock piles make this a great easy and short introduction to Joshua Tree National Park. 10:32.", 320, 240, "2005", "movie");