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Drove from San Diego on the Pines to Palms scenic byway which takes you up into the San Jacinto Mountains (summit of road is approx 4500ft) and then down into the Palm Desert.
It started snowing when I was about halfway up the ascent - cars coming down from the top were covered in about 6 inches of snow.
Within 10 minutes of …
Palm Springs - for the non country club set
You have to get past the miles and miles of shopping malls to appreciate some of the great things the Palm Springs area has to offer. Here is my personal list on what to do though remember this is largely not on the radar screen of your typical Palm Springs visitor or resident for that matter.
Hiking tours on one of the more than 140 hikes …
Tahquitz Canyon
... the tribe's rangers, and we were lucky to be the only two hikers in the group.
William had lots to tell us about the stories his ancestors have handed down and about the plants we encountered along the way and their uses for food and medicine.
The brittlebush ...
Back in the Desert
... and edit them when we get settled in. Unfortunately, with the wireless connection being so slow on the ship, I couldn’t post any of them on my blog.
I hope that you found these blogs interesting (I am sure if you didn’t you wouldn’t have opened them). The Travel Pod company will convert them into a mini book for us which we will keep for light reading when in our rocking chairs!!
Best regards
Thelma and ...
We love Palm Springs
... by mountains and the air is so clear you can see all the colours in them. There's barely any traffic, it's peaceful and calm and we loved it so much we stayed there for 6 nights, the longest we have stayed anywhere in the USA. Our original plan after Vegas had been to go to zion and bryce canyon national parks but they were getting down to - 5 at night and we just haven't got the clothes for that kind of temperature so we headed for the sun of Palm Springs. ...
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