California's Coachella Valley
November 17th 2014 Escaping from the Canadian Winter, Margo and I spent a month in southern California, mostly in Palm Springs and the surrounding area which forms the Coachella Valley. An extension of the Sonoran Desert, about 15 miles (24 km) wide and 45 miles (72 km) long, it is bounded by mountains on both sides, some as high as 11,000 feet (3,400 m). Palm Springs at the northern end of the Valley is about 120 m
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