A Whisper into the Void

 A whisper into the void…

Blogpost? Or is it still called Blogger now?

The last transmission here was January 2020 — right as the pandemic was hitting full tilt.

Three years into our Joshua Tree life now, and honestly… it wasn’t a bad place to spend that whole ordeal.

Back then, it was still legal to rent out an old travel trailer as a short-term rental, and business was booming. People were desperate to escape the cities — two hours from LA, open desert, stars overhead… it made sense. 

The irony? While the world was in isolation, we ended up meeting people from all over the world in those two years.

And the question we got the most: “Why would a Filipino family move all the way out here?”

Simple answer: we were already remote before remote was a thing. We changed careers in 2016, slowed life down, and decided to be there for school events, sunsets, and everything in between. We visited this place for years before finally moving in 2017 — and it remains one of the best decisions we’ve ever made.

Eight years later, Joshua Tree is still special. Still magical. Still whimsical.

2025 is drawing to a close, and I thought I’d dust this blog off — if only to say we’re still here. And if you somehow wandered into this corner of the internet… welcome.

Soon you’ll be getting lost in the beauty that is Joshua Tree, too.

Hope to see you around.

Next time — a proper update. Maybe even a recipe, a story, or a strange thing seen in the desert night.