Palm Springs

We stayed at a hotel near Joshua Tree Park and in the morning began the drive to San Diego. We passed huge farms of windmills along the way.

I HAD to stop in Palm Springs since that is where my mother went last year to watch tennis and she talks about it a lot.

Oddly enough, it was raining when we drove into this desert oasis town. There were lots of palm trees and a huge mountain towering over the little community.

We stopped and ate at Joe’s sushi and then walked down the main street a bit. Then, since it’s no fun in Palm Springs when it’s cold and rainy, we hit the road.

We decided to follow the Bodeswell family on a longer drive past a large salt-water lake and through the mountains. Apparently the lake was made after a large dam was built by a developer. But the lake turned out to be salty and it didn’t quite draw crowds.

After the lake, we drove through a different kind of dessert with flowering plants and little rock canyons which experience flash flooding.

Further on, it started raining. And then it rained more. We expected this turn in the weather, but were still glad to arrive in San Diego around dinner time.