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Palm Springs Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Palm Springs, United States
Life, Liberty and my adventures through Las Vegas.
This is a top pick! ... went from a sea blue to a foggy filthy haze. YUcK! My first impression of the L.A. area was rather unpleasant, but our destination was Joshua Tree so we headed East again. Which brings me to Lalajava in Palm Springs from where I type this very ...
Weekend #9 - LA to Palm Springs
... Sunset Blvd and along Hollywood Blvd, through Hollywood and onto the 101. By-passed downtown Los Angeles and made my way towards Palm Springs stopping at a Wal-Mart Car Park just outside Riverside. Not a great day, nothing much to see, too much traffic ...
Retro times!
... , a little toy train running above everyone's heads on an overhead track and most of all the food in red plastic baskets was awesome. Palm Springs is literally surrounded by deserts but we'd been told we should go on the aerial tramway so that we get a ...
Same Old Stuff!
... time to kill so I paid a visit to the local immigration office to ask what the options were in order to live permanently in the States. As expected the answers are as follows: (a) Marry a US citizen. 2 hopes -Bob Hope and No Hope! - For 45 years haven't ...
The Colour of the Desert
Richard golfed at 8:30 this morning at the Tahquitz Creek Golf Course. It was a beautiful morning and I used the time to read the paper, do a Sudoku puzzle, sun and read.His fees included a couple of beers so we enjoyed those before lunch at our resort - ...
Palm Springs Weekend
... 't taste quite as good as the free meatballs they were giving to a charity softball team nearby. Since everyone retires early in Palm Springs (literally), we decided to call it a night afterwards. Day 4 In theory, we could've left Palm Springs earlier ...
Palm Springs
... was killed in a plane crash. He also told me that he used to be Lee Trevino's chauffeur, when the "Tour" stopped off in Palm Springs. I guess he was in his 60's, had pearly white teeth with hair to match, stood 6½ ft tall, reasonably handsome with a ...
Journey from Sky Valley to Palm Springs
Brief drive from Sky Valley to the main strip in Palm Springs where we stopped for dinner. ...
Final Days
... this last 3 months? A total of 83 rounds of golf played in 90 days, including Pebble Beach and Death Valley. A total of 19 States visited, coast to coast across the USA. 11,500 miles in my RV. I've met John Goodman and Will Smith, shaken hands with ...
Palm Springs is the Full Monty!
... everyone English swear words. The party goers especially like BOLLOCKS. lol. BIG thanks to Mike for inviting me, and to the hosts. Been to Palm Springs a few times, and never get fed up with it. Was sad to leave on Tuesday. 4 days was just not enough! X ...
Weekend #10 - Palm Springs
... you off, dude"(they actually say that over here, it's not just Hollywood talk!) So you may have guessed, that I'm staying in Palm Springs for another week. I've decided that everything I want is here; it's hot (110 degrees today), dry and beautiful, ...
Mountains high, deserts low. All awesome.
... way. There are always hundreds of motels next to the freeways. America seems to be the land of the motel. Not finding a place in Palm Springs turned out to be lucky because we drove past a sign for an Aerial Tramway which goes to a national park at the ...
Start of Back Nine
28/04/07 - Escena ("Es Seena") GC - Still in Palm Springs but a different course and the first course to be built in Palm Springs for over 20 years. Played 36 holes - am with Jay (Ohio) nice guy and the first person of a similar age that could actually ...
Cimarron GC
16/05/07 - Cimarron GC - Bought a cheap golf package which entitles me to 1 round of golf every day for just £13 a throw. The golf course is not the best you can play, but there are no houses, it's very well manicured, greens are medium paced and ...
We're Retirees! Our Plans...
... Of course, nothing's carved in stone, but here are our plans for the next couple of months, as they now stand: 1/8-1/11 Palm Springs/Indio, CA 1/11-1/17 Desert Hot Springs, CA 1/17-1/20 Casa Grande, AZ 1/20-1/23 Phoenix International Raceway, ...
This Is What It Is All About!
... the Centre and even found some chocolate covered figs that we would have bought had they been dark chocolate. We drove the length of Palm Canyon Dr. to Mesquite Ave.- way more shops and restaurants than we found last night walking. The parking is great - ...
Majesty, Grandeur, Humility
This morning we ticked off two things from the Palm Springs bucket list and they were both full of majesty and grandeur and made us feel humble. We hiked the Tahquitz Canyon before it got too hot - predicted high of 76 degrees F today! The Tahquitz ...
Palm Springs
... Gareth and Paul) We collected our hire car from a company based at the Hollywood Hilton and, after a quick photo, headed off towards Palm Springs for a night at Neil's before travelling on with him to Las Vegas. Neil was a brilliant host for us for the ...
Last days in Palm Springs
... the case that big people are "gentle giants" - this guy was really polite and quietly spoken. 02/05/07 - My last day in Palm Springs which I spent @ Mesquite CC. Not a great course but what can you expect for $30?But even so, the backdrop is ...
Rainy days and Mondays
... I can't tell you how good it feels. That storm chased us away from the California coast and followed us here to Palm Springs. Sometimes even being mobile is not enough to control your weather. What a storm! It sounded like popcorn ...
Relaxing in the desert
... we can't write about Vegas without writing about the journey to Vegas. The easiest way was by Greyhound bus which takes 6 ½ hours from Palm Springs. What we didn't realised was that no normal American take the bus. We had been given one hint, which is ...
The desert is hot - fact.
... but I did somehow know it was an earthquake. I googled it the next day and sure enough there was a 3.6 earthquake just outside Palm Springs - 3.6 is quite a small one in comparison to some and thankfully didn't cause any damage or ...
I poolen i Palm Springs
Så er vi naaet til Palm Springs! Det er bare super at dase i poolen, for her er temmeligt varmt! 105 F i skyggen - det er altsaa varmt. En overnatning her ogsaa videre til oerkenen. Hej fra ...
Just Golf
22/05/07 - First full day of free golf - Having made a decision to spend the remaining 3 weeks here at Palm Springs playing golf, I won't be writing much in my travel blog. Everyday is gonna be 2 rounds of golf and, if today is anything to go by I'll be ...
San Andreas Fault and Joshua Tree National Park
Here are photos of my tour to the San Andreas Fault and Joshua Tree National Park with Elite Land ...
Desert Dunes
... not far out with that synopsis) As for Desert Dunes, I finally found what I was looking for (unlike U2). "Left arm straight at address" solves all my "hooking" problems. And because of that I might stay another week in Palm Springs or I might ...
Goodbye Family!
After an extended stay at Rod and Gina's - way longer than we expected but so pleasant - it was time to leave for Palm Springs. Although it was a sunny day, there was a cold northwest wind and when we left at 8:45 it was 41 degrees. It really did not ...