“Sunset and Vine. Why do I know these streets? Why does this intersection to this day evoke some kind of significance in the depths of my being? I did spend about ten minutes there as we wandered the city. We saw the Capitol Records building, and Beverley Hills, I think.” -Ben

Then it was back East. Going further south wasn’t even an option. The boys wanted out of California. But along the way they stopped at Joshua Tree Monument deep in the Mojave Desert. It was a revelation carved in dust and sand.

The desert is the great purifier. If God exists, the desert is his home. If peace can be found, the desert can be one’s salvation. Coyotes fought loudly in the night, waking the brothers. It’s in their rough voices that God’s indecipherable purposes may be finally understood.