Palm Springs
Travel Blogs from Palm Springs, United States
Life, Liberty and my adventures through Las Vegas.
... 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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Falling on my arse twice for comedy
... nbsp; I decided to shin up a nearby rock and successfully got some shots without tumbling apex over base all the way back down to Palm Springs. Sadly my poise was nowhere in evidence when I made my way the eight feet back down the rock. I fell ...
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, ...
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 ...
Aerial Tramway / Air Museum Palm Springs
In Palm Springs again tonight after doing the must see stuff today as well as the mandatory trip to Walmart ( I wonder how I would go getting an air pistol home through customs? only $30, be good for the flaming crows) Had a look at an RV Resort ...
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 ...
Oceanside to Palm springs
... went thru the Anza-Borrego Desert State Park which was truly amazing and none of the photos do it justice. Then we headed onto Palm Springs. The motel tonight is the Palm Springs Travelodge which they describe as 'affordably hip'!! and costs $55 and ...
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 ...
Palm Springs
Heiss, heiss, heiss............. Es wr doch nicht die beste Idee im Juli durch die wüste zu fahren, aber zum Glück hatten unsere Harleys Klimaanlagen und somit war die Hitze kein Problem ;-)) Völlig verschwitzt haben wir uns gleich nach der ...
Palm Springs
... ! Terry (who joined us on the 10th) was, by contrast, a bad golfer who liked the Casinos. I suppose he was a nice guy too. Palm Springs. The drive down the mountains from 4000 ft to sea level with a view of most of the Coachella Valley did it for me - I ...
A Week in the Life.....
... is over. Upside - 2 hour rounds, downside - nobody to talk to or scoff at! Before golf, I eventually replaced my door mirror. "Palm Springs Mirror and Glass" cut the mirror from the template I made and it fits perfectly. All for just £13! I had ...

