Blogs from Palm Springs, California, United States, North America - page 3

Vacay is going great. Mostly. I thought Ed was going to get into a fist fight in the movie theatre. The show is about to start and some guy is talking. The guy really thinks he is cool. His jokes are lame, the people with him laugh. He’s a loud talker, center of attention. The show starts and is showing credits and he is still talking. I just know this isn’t going to go well. I figure they will stop talking once the movie has dialogue. Ed doesn’t like to wait. So he turns to them and says, really loud, Hey, could you shut up? Sigh. They make some comments back, that fortunately Ed can’t hear. It does get really quiet in the theatre. About ¾ of the way thru the movie the guy starts snoring. ... read more

Here we are at Rancho Las Palmas Resort. We have been here for a couple of days. Palm Springs is beautiful and the weather has been very comfortable, although a little chilly in the evenings. We are here with a group, and when I called to make the reservation I asked about getting an upgraded room, but the reservation specialist assured me all rooms in this resort were the same. Now that we have arrived I find that is not the case. So as much as I like to pay the upgrade and get a nicer room, apparently this hotel isn't big on that type of thing. Regarding the room, it is a very standard room - you know.... bed, desk, TV, closet, bathroom. The rooms don't have mini-fridges or microwaves, but there is a coffee ... read more

Geo: 33.8233, -116.512Palm SpringsOur stay in Borrego Springs can to an end and it was time for Antony to return to Paris. We drove back to San Diego and spent the day in Balboa Park and its museums before sadly saying "au revoir" to our Third Musketeer at the airport. From there we had a three-hour drive to Palm Springs and arrived just after dark. Eventually we found the Canyon Club, our B&B at 960 Palm Canyon Drive. Why do Americans have to have such long roads with thousands of numbers? Very confusing. Anyway the B&B had a nice pool, comfy rooms and was situated on the resort's main street within walking distance of Downtown.Palm Springs must once have been like Borrego Springs, a gritty little town in the desert. But now it is all boutiques ... read more

Well the time had come to leave "sin city" Vegas had been kind to us and we weren' t leaving out of pocket from the casino. Sad to leave but a huge AIDS convention was in town and the room price were trebled for the next few days. Had planned to go down to San Diego but again prices were high and as we had already been there before, decided to try something new and head for the oasis in the desert - playground of the rich, Palm Springs California. Another fairly unspectacular 4 hour drive apart from a few pretty mountain ranges, temperatures rising to over 100 degrees farenheit we eventually drove into town to find the biggest Biker Festival taking place over the weekend, downtown the roads were closed and many of the hotels ... read more

After breakfast we hit the road again , but not before a quick stop at a sporting goods shop that we saw having a big sale. Managed to pick up a few bargains to add to our suitcase, with Brett being the main winner today! We didn't take the most direct route to Palm Springs as we wanted to stop and see a bit of The Joshua Tree National Park along the way. Made it there by around 2pm and stopped in at the visitors information centre to grab some maps etc. The ranger was fantastic and gave the kids a book each to fill out on things they observed and complete various activities. Kids love it and earned themselves a junior ranger badge when we left the park three hours later. Joshua Tree National Park ... read more