Comfort Inn Palm Springs

... more importantly in some semblance of fit I could have scaled the 10500 peak of San Jacinto Mountain the highest in Southern Ca but that is well beyond me currently even without the added bonus of thin air! I settled for the 1.5 mile loop round the valley and was happily wandering, wondering and saying hello (and even a few Kia Ora's) to everyone when I made way for a group of young people who HAD to tell me all ...

... I could make from G6 but decided as my Mum reads this I better stick with the Gee-whiz which is now my chariot of fire until the end of Feb.

Getting on the freeway at 2pm was a relief as I was tiring fast from the journey. Unfortunately me and the ****-Nav had a few more problems. To be clear this was a different Sat Nav from the ones used previously but you know they all talk to each other. What I learnt from this trip was ...

... to Hawaii. Going to sleep pretty early every night after a couple homemade cocktails! Trader joes is by far the best store in the world. Wonderful salads, pizzas, wine and snacks for all under $5. Bringing back lots of wine,sake, curry sauces and snacks for my new place in palolo with my bf! Thanksgiving at yayas house was to die for! Wonderful turkey, ham, homemade cranberry sauce and mashed potatoes! Yum ...

... desert dawn is deafening. How rare is it to hear nothing at all but your own heart beat? The presence of the moment is... well it just is. I love this about being on trails, being in the moment.
- We are scrambling up a steep and loose section of the mountain. We have climbed about 7,000 feet in the last five hours. I see footprints of other hikers, but I don't think this is the trail. I turn around and see the true trail below us. We are off the trail once ...

... The added feature of the whole Hallowed-Fest experience was the first ever all acoustic set. Needless to say the music was amazing.

The promoters built this giant castle-snake-overlook in the middle of the firelds. You could walk all the way around and be at a rotunda at the top and look out to see the whole venue. A very cool feature. Highlight was the glowstick battles on either side with the people on top ...

... would be a bit more scenic . Our lovely Sat Nav lady didn't like it and told us for around 2 miles to turn around but then decided to go with us. The further inland we went the hotter and drier the landscape became and we took the Pines to Palms highway which went up over 3000 feet through the desert like mountains and past native american reservations. When we got to the top we had to come down to the ...

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 ...

... smoking" Jerry. They couldn't be bothered waiting for the group on the 10th and played the front nine again. For once I stayed patient and they let me through. Finished in a record time of 1 ¾ hours. Cleaned and polished the RV - what a task! After which I watched "Apocalypto" directed by Mel Gibson with the catch phrase "No one can out run their destiny" (which is grammatically incorrect Mel, "No one" is singular and "their" is plural" - it's not allowed). The ...

... Currumbin Bird Sanctuary and saw lots of cool parrots, koalas, emus, etc. The wombat was pretty cool too and the dingos looked so much like dogs they didn't seem that wild. This was a few years after the Cry in the Dark movie so naturally we were doing a lot of "dingo ate my baby" jokes but let me tell you...Jenny owned a whippet, an older German Shepherd named Chloe and a German shepherd puppy which she was training for dog shows. Chloe had won a few shows and this ...