Palm Springs!
Yikes…it is cold here, but doubt we are getting any sympathy from homeJ We departed L.V. late Saturday morning; as we hit the Mohave desert, at high-noon, the temperature was 2 degrees! Misconception of‘Desert’, meaning warmth, in the winter months! We also ‘pushed the envelope’ on our gas mileage and unfortunately had to get some diesel at a stop in the middle of the desert… at $4.99 / U.S gallon (and that’s only 4/5 of our real gallon!). Needless to say it was just enough to get us to the next larger city.
We have a great spot at the Outdoor Resort in Cathedral City. The Palm trees are beautiful and Linda loves the birds. She has been trying to capture “good” pics of the hummingbirds, with their beautiful vibrant colors of purple, greens and reds. They hover overhead but seem to be distracted by the camera and she is still working on the best shot! She has been tormenting the local roadrunner and it gets upset with ruffled feathers when she gets too close! Maybe time to invest in a camera with a better zoom lens before she gets attacked!
The resort golf course had a very lengthy frost delay, so we decided not to wait it out today. It was very windy and cold; we are glad we brought our down vests and fleeces with us. But the sun is beautiful and the sunsets are gorgeous. It just goes down too early over the mountain at 4 pm and then complete darkness by 5pm!
We have decided to stay here for 2 weeks and then will see where our journey takes us next. Will hopefully get golfing on Wednesday and will post pictures then!!
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| Sunrise |
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| Nice friendly Roadrunner |
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| Agitated Roadrunner being chased by woman with camera! |
Nice pics of the roadrunner. Good luck with getting a good one of the hummer, they are quite elusive. Hopefully it warms up soon so you can get the sticks out. Warm here in Edmonton today.
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