Palm Desert, United States Travel Blogs

Windy Weather in Palm Desert!
Nov 29, 2006 (4 photos)

We are at our Thousand Trails Park here in Palm Desert, California, where the wind has been blowing strong, non-stop, since yesterday afternoon. Listening to it, from inside, it sounds like the January blizzards used to in Minnesota - but looking outside, ...

Irish going crazy in the desert.
May 27, 2005 (19 photos)

Well an old friend from back home Alison was leaving Palm Desert to return home to the green pastures of home so Joel and I jumped inthe car drove 439 miles to Palm Desert to say goodbye to her and meet up with Noreen, for an old pint. We arrived at Palm ...

Palm Desert
Jul 26, 2008 (3 photos)

The start of the big trip!  From Topanga to Palm Deset Ca.

Returning to Life With Kirby
Mar 30, 2009

... and decided not to go to the drive-in movies as we had originally planned. Instead Kirby made the hour long drive back to Palm Desert and we left Sarah to venture around Wal-Mart and try to study the prices of various products in preparation for the Price ...

To Palm Desert for SS's High School Graduation
Jun 9, 2004

Day 1 (Wed, Jun 9, 2004) Thank goodness it's not too long of a drive from home. Had the flu for several days (since the Saturday before when we had a huge 2-part party for DS's birthday and a graduation party for SS). Not a pleasant trip. Since I ...

Off to the Desert
Apr 16, 2009

Party weekend at the Lucurells.

Pampering Time in Palm Desert
Dec 2, 2008 (1 photos)

... majestic peaks is one of the best experiences I've ever had. .   One of the other great things about Palm Desert was its culture. The Museum without Walls, which features over 130 pieces of artwork, was definitely a delight. Another great ...

Lovely Students
Sep 2, 2008 (19 photos)

Endlich kommen wir dazu wieder einen Eintrag zu schreiben da die Schule sehr streng ist. Obwohl es niemand glauben kann, sind wir seit den letzten paar Wochen nur noch am Lernen. Die Schule hat am 02. September 2008 begonnen. Nach unseren wunderschönen ...

In the Desert
Oct 3, 2006 (5 photos)

The reason for travelling to Palm Desert was to visit some of our table friends from the cruise we did last year to celebrate our 40th wedding anniversary. We had a table of 8. 2 couples came from USA, one from Victoria and ourselves. We were visiting one ...

Getting Ready
Mar 5, 2007

Well, here I am getting ready for another trip to Thailand. This year I will be flying from Los Angeles to Bangkok via Eva Airlines. I am upgrading, using my mileage, to Business Class on the two long legs of the trip. Will be very comfortable. I will ...

The incessant age of lawn care
Mar 25, 2008 (5 photos)

Palm Dessert is bit of a frightening place for a European: the lawns are too green and dense, the streets are too clean, and pedestrians are near extinct. It's a man-made oasis embraced by picturesque-from-afar, scrubby-from-close-by hills-- an oasis that ...

Back "home" again, in California!
Nov 15, 2007 (6 photos)

... and got a good early start...must have been because we were both sleepy.    Arrived at our Thousand Trails park here in Palm Desert around lunch time, got set up and went for a swim, which felt really refreshing, but didn't keep me from falling ...

Temperatures over 100....
May 22, 2005 (1 photos)

Off to see youngest daughter in Palm Desert...but didn't expect such heat! Was 103 F when I deplaned...time to readjust my thermostat...

I hope you're ready
Jul 2, 2007

Well, we're only 5 days away and we're all a little excited.  Things are going so smoothly and perfectly to schedule.  I hope to give you great updates of our adventures throughout our stay in Japan.  One of the best parts of this blog ...

Palm Desert
Dec 10, 2005

Spent a week here, but somehow didn't take very many pics.

Orientation Day at School College of the Desert
Aug 25, 2008

Am Montagmorgen bereits um 7.30 Uhr machten wir uns auf den Weg zum College, an dem wir für 2 Monate einen Englisch Kurs absolvieren werden. Wir traffen am Besammlungsort an und stellten mit entsetzen fest, das nebst uns nur noch 10 weitere Studenten vor ...