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Great breakfast to have before hitting the road to hike, 4 wheel or photo trek among the painted hills... good solid choices and lots of variety.

If you are a health food fanatic, you may want to buy some protein bars.. this is old fashion grill em all style, i imagine the kind of thing the cowboys ate before branding the stock.

They do have fruits and veggies though, so you could always do that and skip the breakfast potatoes and scrambled eggs :)

I have not stayed here, but i have visited a few times.

If you are in DV, you should visit - it has a very intriguing history.  It is true that it is a bit neglected these days, but understanding its story might help people who are harsh on the service or the structure. I hope that someday it will be restored to it's former glory. It has had more than one life already... why not another re-birth...

Anyone who doesn't understand it...  why it is the way it is.. and how it came to be both beautiful and frightening needs to watch this video:

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The you can read a little more about what has been happening a little more recently here: http://pvtimes.com/new...

This is a very cool place to visit if you are in the area. It is not really a castle, but the story behind it is quite interesting. It is always intriguing when people go to some remote place and build a masterpiece to live in.

It is a Spanish style home. Gorgeous. Like a movie set though, you almost can't believe it was ever someone's home."Crazy rich people, in the crazy pre-tax era!"

If you are going to be in the panamint/death valley area, this is a cool tour and there are a few other things in the area to check out.

Get a full tank before you go out there and visit the kilns at the same time, those are very cool.

This is one of those places you would never know existed unless someone told you about it. I have stayed here a number of times. All the rooms are very different - unique. It is in the middle of the desert...  so you don't want to be there in summer, but in fall and spring, its great.

Plan to spend a lot of time at the pool...  they have a really lovely oasis garden.. and the pool is actually fed from mineral springs..  

There are a lot of natural wonders to see in the area, especially if you have a 4 wheeler... see the racing rocks.. those are very cool and the devil's golf course too and the painted mountains.. very interesting and beautiful.

The downside is that the last time I was there, there was a bug problem and I don't deal well with that. So, that is why no 5 stars.

It is a very very unique place, a couple time when we were there, we had party's down at the pool and sat around a huge fireplace down there at night...  

If you want to go somewhere totally different.. and you are into relaxation and feeling like you are in the 1920's at a celebrity rehab center, this is great. Honestly, that sounds bad, but this location was a celeb destination at one time to recoup from exhaustion and other woes and it still has that feel to it.

They have a restaurant on site, its nice enough... i actually only really remember the blood oranges and cream...  everything else was not memorable, but it wasn't bad either.

If you stay here, you can go over to the ranch for breakfast sometimes too, they have great pancakes over there.

Take a camera... there are lots of photo ops in the area...  awe inspiring landscapes and sunsets...

Okay, so this is one of those services no one  likes to talk about, but people really need.

No matter where I live, I pay for this service because I don't want to see not ONE single nasty little beastie in my house! Not one!!!

I have an aversion to all things creepy and I will pay NOT to see them. The service is very good, the tech comes every other month and if you happen to see something you don't like, you just call and they come out in between visits at no extra charge.

They treat all over the outside of the house and inside if you want. It's safe chemicals for kids, pets, pools etc...  so that is good too.

They are a big name, but I think what I like is that the tech's are pretty nice and take the time to talk to you about what you want etc.

Don't live with pests - at least not the kind with too many legs!

I am not sure why there are two listings for this IKEA.

This is a good location, it is just like every other IKEA you have been to.

There isn't a lot that I can say that has not been said, so I will give you my IKEA secrets.

Go to http://IKEA.com and sign up for the family card to get discounts. You get free coffee and a free ice cream cone with this as well.

You can look up products online ahead of time and get their aisle and bin number before you leave, print that out if you want to skip the showroom.

You can also see what is in stock online at your locale IKEA. This helps incase you are looking for something specific.

Wear comfortable shoes!

Empty your car out and measure where you have room or plan to tie stuff to the top if you are going to buy anything large.

Plan to be here ALL DAY!

Plan to get ideas and take pictures perhaps.

If you have kids, they will enjoy the kids center where you can check them in, get a pager and they are allowed to play in there for an hour.  The pager will buzz if your kid needs you back sooner.

When you start the showroom, grab a few big yellow bags.

Walk the show room - it takes about an hour to do the whole thing without a lot of stopping, make sure to pick up anything you see that you want from the bins, you might not be able to find it again in the maze.

Break for lunch! At the end of the showroom is a cafeteria, swedish coffee is great, I love the LOX and they usually have some good sweets.

Then you will go downstairs and actually start shopping.

The marketplace is about another hour and then you go into the warehouse where you get the larger stuff.

If you are getting any larger stuff, make sure to grab a pallet cart.. you will  need it. Stuff is boxed and heavy.

If you buy anything that might have extra pieces, make sure you confirm what you need. A bed may have top bottom, slats, mid-beam and hardware all in different bins. You don't want to get home and realize you are missing a piece.

If it's not there when you look, ASK. They will check the back for you.

Want a deal - look in the AS IS section.. lots of good stuff there for discounted prices and usually someone else has already put it together for you.

If you have a lot of smaller stuff,  grab some blue bags as you check out. They are .59 cents each, but unless you want to carry a bunch of little items out..  they come in handy and are really re-usable. I always have a couple in my car.

You will buy something you don't  need. It's a given. But have fun and plan to leave tired!

I am not sure why there are two listings for this IKEA.

This is a good location, it is just like every other IKEA you have been to.

There isn't a lot that I can say that has not been said, so I will give you my IKEA secrets.

Go to http://IKEA.com and sign up for the family card to get discounts. You get free coffee and a free ice cream cone with this as well.

You can look up products online ahead of time and get their aisle and bin number before you leave, print that out if you want to skip the showroom.

You can also see what is in stock online at your locale IKEA. This helps incase you are looking for something specific.

Wear comfortable shoes!

Empty your car out and measure where you have room or plan to tie stuff to the top if you are going to buy anything large.

Plan to be here ALL DAY!

Plan to get ideas and take pictures perhaps.

If you have kids, they will enjoy the kids center where you can check them in, get a pager and they are allowed to play in there for an hour.  The pager will buzz if your kid needs you back sooner.

When you start the showroom, grab a few big yellow bags.

Walk the show room - it takes about an hour to do the whole thing without a lot of stopping, make sure to pick up anything you see that you want from the bins, you might not be able to find it again in the maze.

Break for lunch! At the end of the showroom is a cafeteria, swedish coffee is great, I love the LOX and they usually have some good sweets.

Then you will go downstairs and actually start shopping.

The marketplace is about another hour and then you go into the warehouse where you get the larger stuff.

If you are getting any larger stuff, make sure to grab a pallet cart.. you will  need it. Stuff is boxed and heavy.

If you buy anything that might have extra pieces, make sure you confirm what you need. A bed may have top bottom, slats, mid-beam and hardware all in different bins. You don't want to get home and realize you are missing a piece.

If it's not there when you look, ASK. They will check the back for you.

Want a deal - look in the AS IS section.. lots of good stuff there for discounted prices and usually someone else has already put it together for you.

If you have a lot of smaller stuff,  grab some blue bags as you check out. They are .59 cents each, but unless you want to carry a bunch of little items out..  they come in handy and are really re-usable. I always have a couple in my car.

You will buy something you don't  need. It's a given. But have fun and plan to leave tired!

Pretty good local spot for happy hour.  Local crowd. Casual. Pizza, Pasta, Chicken, dishes. Full bar.

You can walk to the clubs on Main from here too, if you want to have a quick bite before you dance the night away!

Yummy Tapas in a very hip environment.. They have good set up for groups of 5-8 too.  You can bring your own wine and sit outside in the summer time.

I love tapas.. and they have great chorizo here.

Cute little coffee shop. Interesting sort of decor, like a Mexican restaurant. They have free wifi and the drinks are good, just on the sweeter side. It is ins sort of a strange place, I used to live up the street from here, so I would pass it all the time, but unless you are local you probably wouldn't realize that it is there and if you did, you might not realize it's open.

They have a cute little outdoor seating area and don't care if you buy a drink and hang around using the free wifi for hours...  it's cool.

ONE THING, CASH ONLY.