Downtown Palm Springs (no people!)

Palm Springs and it's the hottest yet!

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July 19th 2011
108 degrees, which means that Palm Springs wins the hot award! After driving rather a short distance from Joshua Tree, the landscape changes from being on top of the mountains (the joshua tree only grows at high altitudes) to the valley below. The scenery is gorgeous in Palm springs, once you ignore the multitude of energy windmills as you drive in. A small one way loop system dominates the dow ... read more

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Britain's American colonies broke with the mother country in 1776 and were recognized as the new nation of the United States of America following the Treaty of Paris in 1783. During the 19th and 20th centuries, 37 new states were added to the origina... ... read more