First light Started the day with a three hour geocaching walk in the desert. Left at first light to make sure I got done before the heat of the day. I found nine caches in spite of the problems geocaching.com was having. Glasses tinkling? We really loved the...
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Lonesome Dove We started our day with a walk around the resort. Shadow Ridge is a new resort and parts are still under construction. However, the completed parts of the resort are beautiful with water features, golf courses and flowers and palm trees everywhere. We love walking this resort, admiring...
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A new friend We’re still recovering from our itises so we’re continuing to take it slow. We’re both feeling much better, but not quite top of form yet. We spent the morning packing and then geocaching north of I-10. Cutoffs are different from back home. Here, they remove the entire house! The railroad...
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Reading spot. Mona and Daisy Most of the day we chilled…just taking it easy, enjoying the scenery, reading and relaxing. In the morning, we took the boardwalk to the hotel where we bought mocha lattes and sat in the sun next to the waterfalls. There we read...
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Fire on the Mountain! (Run boys run!) We started the day with a trip to Urgent Care…both of us have come down with an “itis” or two. This is the third time in our travels we’ve shared a doctor visit, both of us in the examination room...
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Wind Turbines in the San Gorgonio Pass The entrance to the Coachella Valley from the east is through the San Gorgonio Pass which is a narrow valley between two of the highest mountains in North American. This pass funnels wind into the valley, creating one of...
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On Day 8 we started slowing down the pace and just enjoying the peace and beauty of the Coachella Valley. Day 9 is more of that. One of many beautiful sidewalks Okay...
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S-L-O-W-I-N-G it down. Time to relax and enjoy. Started our day with a walk around the resort. Headed west first…with a great view of Mount San Jacinto. This mountain rises almost 10,000 feet from the valley floor. No foot hills here…just up! The resort is hosting an auto show...
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Yep, Mona’s birthday….the reason we decided on this trip was so Mona could celebrate her birthday in Palm Springs. We started the morning 50 miles south of Phoenix so we still had some miles to travel. Up to this point, most of our travels have been...
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Started the day heading west on I-10 out of Las Cruces. The temperature was in the 50s, but the winds were 25 mph and gusting to 50. Not as bad as yesterday, but the winds demanded concentration on the driving, especially through the passes. Oh...
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