A couple of weeks ago Alan and I met Cheryl and her boyfriend Parker for a Saturday get-away in Palm Desert and Palm Springs. For living so close to each other (less than 2 hours away), we don't get to see Cheryl as often as we would like, so it was fun to meet up with her and Parker. The weather was perfect, the company was perfect, and the day ended up perfect.
We met in Palm Desert at the Living Desert Zoo. It is a combination of desert zoo animals and desert botanical garden. It is fairly small so it wasn't difficult to see everything we wanted to see in just a few hours.
Petting a large lizzard
Ride 'Em Cowboy!
I love giraffes
This isn't a very good photo of it, but there was an awesome miniature train track - the biggest I have ever seen. It went on and on. This is just a small portion of it.
We wanted to ride a camel, but it wasn't available for another couple of weeks. Bummer! That is something I have always wanted to do.
A couple of examples of desert plants
After we saw everything we wanted to at The Living Desert, we drove to Palm Springs where we rode an aerial tram up to the top of Mt. San Jacinto. It is the largest rotating aerial tram in the world. I was surprised at the speed of the tram and how quickly we were able to reach the top which is 8500 feet above the desert floor. The cool thing about the rotating tram is that only the floor of the tram rotates. This gives everyone a 360 degree view of the area as you travel up the mountain. Everyone gets a chance to see where we are going and where we have been. Very innovative!
The Aerial Tram approaching the top.
Although it was about 80 degrees on the valley floor that day, it was cold up on top of that mountain. You can see Palm Springs in the background.
A little Father/Daughter time while on a hike
All in all, it turned out to be a very fun day. It had been a long time since we had been to that area of California and it was fun to revisit it.
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