Everywhere we toured, the landscaping was picture postcard beautiful. We had lunch in Palm Desert and Palm Springs always outdoors. Just had to take advantage of the good weather after the crazy winter. Cafe des Beau-Arts served a delicious blackened salmon Caesar salad. At the other European cafe, the waiter spilled a glass of wine on me and didn’t comp either the wine or lunch.
Our Tuesday morning hike was in Indian Canyon on the Agua Caliente Indian Reservation. We walked down into a steep canyon that had a spring and an oasis of Washingtonian Palms. Our next stop was a water fall in another canyon. While I scampered around taking pictures, Ginny took the opportunity to enjoy the morning sun.
There was always a lot of sky traffic that I couldn’t resist.
We went into another canyon in the same area and hiked a trail for a mile or so. A lizard posed for me.
One day we went to an outlet mall, but I didn’t buy anything. The mall was beautiful and it was fun to people watch. I found a vendor who had a lot of stuff that I knew Skyler would love, but I didn’t know what size, so I took a picture instead.
On Wednesday, I took Ginny as my guest to a Rotary meeting at the Spa Hotel and Casino in Palm Springs. We had a great time eating and visiting at the table with former District 5330 Governor Helene Kalfuss and a visiting Rotarian from Ireland. I presented the club with a banner from our Elephant Butte club and receive one from them.
We had some wind and a couple of cool days which generated some fresh snow on the mountain.
On Thursday, we went to the Living Desert Museum which is very similar to the Albuquerque Botanical Gardens. We had a guided tour through the animal portion, and then went into their butterfly room. I loved their model train display.
Friday I did some pool time. The pools are fed by hot springs that need cold water to cool them down. The volleyball game goes on all day every day.
Friday evening we rode the Palm Springs Aerial Tram. It was very cold at the top with two feet of snow. I had a couple glasses of wine while we waited for the city lights to come on. A person could go bonkers taking pictures of those crazy windmills. No wonder the wind blows so much there.
On Saturday afternoon, we went to the Stagecoach Country Western concert at the Polo Grounds. That was so much fun. I got to see Ray Price and Merle Haggard, but I had to walk to the stage that was the farthest from the Mane Stage. It was worth it. On the way back to where Ginny was, I stopped at the XM Satellite Radio booth and got a picture of Mojo Nixon from Outlaw Country. He wasn’t there, so it isn’t signed. My pictures of the performers aren’t that good, because I couldn’t get close enough. The pictures of Keith and Sugarland are taken of the screen, not the stage. It cost me a small fortune to enjoy my wine, but it was an experience of a life time. People watching was too funny. The music was awesome. I can’t wait to go again.
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