Today's stop for Holy Week-related iconography is Desert Christ Park in Yucca Valley, California. The 3.5-acre park features concrete statuary depicting famous scenes from the gospels. The centerpiece of the park is the giant Last Supper wall, patterned on da Vinci's masterpiece, with a window behind Christ's head so you can stand behind the Last Supper scene and get a "you are there" photo. It's too big for a selfie, although I guess you could selfie with just the head and face of Christ. You need to get the picture of yourself the old-fashioned way, the way we used to do back in the day, with someone else on the front side of the Last Supper wall to snap the photo.
It's worth the stop if you ever find yourself on the highway between Joshua Tree National Park and Palm Springs. I don't know if this rendering of the Last Supper, with a photo-opportunity window behind Christ's head, is one-of-a-kind, but I've traveled a lot and I've not seen anything else like this.
Visited May 2009.
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