Cathedral City Travelodge

After several harassing knocks at the door (Hey – checkout is noon – its 9.30am so sod off) I got away from the hotel at a little after 10am. I had hoped for a return to the JT NP but when I saw that I had a 400+ mile drive and I wanted to ride the tramway up to San Jacinto I realised that was not going to happen.

So I got myself round to the tramway – which is basically a really big cable ...

... the S3 and TR6 are both small cars so I can manage. After and age of paperwork that required 25 signatures and a mini-lease agreement I went out to collect the chariot. OMG the correct expression would have been HOS (heap of sh*t) – I know this was cheap but the car was terrible. Small, filthy, stained and uncomfortable. My first instinct was to go back in and ask for another – but the lady serving me had had such a ...

... outlet mall wasn't quite what we were expecting. Looked around for parking for over an hour just for us to realize that we couldn't handle the madness! Mile-long lines coming out of every store that was just not worth the wait. Driving back, got stuck in traffic for an hour and then got lost coming home. Ahhhh! Tuesday night went over to yayas for authentic Mexican food! Tofu-tamales! So good, along ...

-It's about 4:30 AM. Martin Schatz and I are buzzing off of a potent brew of coffee his grandma made us. We have began our hike an hour and a half ago and have been charging up a mountainside in the dark to what would turn out to be the beginning of a 22 mile hike. The trail is known as the Cactus to Clouds which is claimed to be in the top five hardest day hikes in the lower 48 states. It connects the desert floor which is 200 feet above sea level with San ...

... be able to change color at his control. They had also had some kind of fire-art group come and set up all kids of displays that had a fire theme. Some you could even control shooting flames into the air!

The week before we went to Roger Cunningham's birthday and then Eric Koch's as well for a "try your costume" costume party. Lot's of fun this time of year.

Hope all are doing great and Leah sends greetings too!

We have arrived in Palm Springs.

We spent the day shopping at the Desert Hills Outlet Center on the way here. It definitely lives up to its name of being a "premium" outlet. They had the standard designer fare, with great discounts. However, they just did not seem to have enough regular stuff. I was looking for some sports wear for ...

... as at small town of Cabazon you are exposed to the winds which are coming down off the mountains and through this small gorge. They were quite strong and required us to pay a lot of attention to the driving of Abby. This did not last for long and we found our way to the Sands RV and Golf Resort at approximately 2:00. This was an interesting experience. We had made reservations to stay a week. We duly check in and ...

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After touring San Diego, our last stop was
Palm Springs, CA. This city is in the middle of the desert surrounded
by mountains. As you drive through, there are high winds you can
encounter with sand blowing onto the road, so slow down and drive with
caution, especially at night watch out for nocturnal ...

... of major cities. so, i have a tent, pad, and bag. together they compose almost 75% of the volume and 50% of the weight i am packing, even though they are small and lightweight versions of each. my tent is a trust and ancient north face lunar light, my bag is down, and my pad is a new REI ultralight self-inflater. i bought a new pad because it take up about half the volumn when compressed than did my original thermarest. i tossed in a tiny silk bag liner ...