Pining for the Fjords

Did you read Part 1 ?   In the previous blog, we'd made it to Palm Springs, and we wandered around, checking out the post-modern architecture and eating all sorts of fun things.   Let's go for a hike! We woke up on Saturday morning after a decent night's sleep (after setting off the CO alarm just once, for no discernable reason at all - some scotch tape fixed that - yes, I know that's not like suuuper safe, whatever); since we knew we'd need to put gas in the truck at some point in time anyway, Chris headed out on a mission to do just this, as well as get us breakfast from nearby Townie Bagels.  While he was out, I wandered to the RV park's office to drop off the trash and recycling we'd accumulated so far. The office (on the left) and other side of the loop at the RV park Arlene and the truck, all tucked into spot #133. While it was sunny, overall, you can see the clouds starting to roll in - we'd have some interesting weather later this day... Chris to...

Since we had a great time drinking wine in Southern Arizona from Arlene the camper over the long MLK, Jr. weekend, we decided we needed to do it again soon - so we did!  Over the Valentine's/Presidents' Day holiday weekend, we headed out to Palm Springs for a few days of relaxation, eating, and sightseeing. Selfie time in downtown Palm Springs We headed out around 9:30am, Phoenix time; it took us about 5ish hours (we average 50mph on highways, what with bathroom, meal, and fuel breaks), and we made it to Palm Springs just before 2pm.  It was a pretty easy drive most of the way, although we did hit some light rain and decent wind about halfway through the drive, just over the state line into California. Look!  Clouds and wet stuff, falling from the sky! For this stay, we'd made reservations at Happy Traveler R.V. Park, which is one of only a few RV parks in Palm Springs proper (there are several in the surrounding cities of Palm Desert, Indio, etc); it was the only one tru...