The tiny community of Hi Vista, located in the Mojave Desert northwest of El Mirage dry lake, is a shred of what it once was and that being a shred of what it could have been, I suppose.
![Hi Vista Community Hall](http://desertgazette.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/599-1960s-church-01-9902.jpg)
![kill bill church](http://desertgazette.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/599-1970s-church-02-j9903.jpg)
Over twenty years later when the movie Kill Bill (2003) came along, the hall was due for and given another facelift — a wood porch and cover were built on.
![kill bill church](http://desertgazette.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/599-church-r9906.jpg)
Note the Joshua tree on the right has appeared, at least in part, in each shot. This is visual proof that Joshua trees grow considerably faster than once thought.
![Kill Bill Church is High Vista, CA.](http://desertgazette.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/599-inside-church-j9893456.jpg)