We could only stay at Palm Springs Park for two weeks and we had already been there for a week when Larry and Elaine got there, so we had to go to another park while they stayed at Palm Springs for their second week.
We ended up going to Desert Pools in Desert Hot Springs, about 15 miles from the Palm Springs Park. It is a Western Horizon Park and we were able to get into it under our ROD program. We had visited our friends, Russ and Louise, when they camped there, but we had never stayed before.
It is really famous for its natural hot springs pool.
It has three natural hot springs hot tubs. Each one is a little higher temperature. When we got in, we thought the coolest one was just right for us. The other two were too hot! Some people are convinced that they act as a "fountain of youth." So, maybe we got a week younger while we were there!
It is a nice park, with nice facilities.
The miniature golf course looked fun, but we never took the time to play it. We were parked in the very back of the park and most of the facilities were at the other end.
As you leave the Park, there is a check-off list that all RVers need to follow before they leave a park--antenna down?, steps up?, vents closed?, hoses ok?, sewer cap on?, spouse, kids, pets aboard? We usually don't have to worry about the kids or pets, but the spouse is the most important thing to remember! It is amazing how ofter people forget some of the other things.
One day we went back to Palm Springs to go on an outing with Larry and Elaine. To get there went on the "roller coaster" road. For about five miles you practically loose your stomach at every dip!
We went with Larry and Elaine to the Coachella Valley Preserve. It is kind of an oasis out in the middle of the desert. These oasises happen when there is water that comes up from springs in the ground and then palm trees grow naturally.
They just grow naturally and are not trimmed back like most of the palm trees in the area. They are really big and shaggy.
Some of the trees had been cut down to make trails for the public to follow. It was the first time we had seen the inside of a palm tree. The wood is very porous and soft until it drys, when it becomes very hard and is heavy
.This house was built years ago out of some of the palm trees. They now use it as a museum/info center.
Terry and Elaine are standing by this young fan palm tree. It is really pretty, but the leaves have quite sharp spines on them.
Along the trail to the little lake formed by the underground springs, we find some rock piles. We have seen these along a lot of the trails we have walked in the desert. It must be a hobby of some of the hikers. Elaine decided to add some rocks of her own!
The little lake was really pretty--a true oasis in the dry desert. You could see little bubbles in the bottom where the water was coming up.
Terry, Me, Larry, and Elaine took a little sit-down time before we headed back. A nice couple from South Africa took our picture after I took pictures for them. It was fun listening to them with their accents. I asked them if we had an accent to them and they said "yes."
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