For New Year’s Eve Hubby and I went to Palm Springs. On 12/31, we went to the Coachella Valley Preserve, which has marshy areas and palm tree groves, a real oasis in the desert. Here are some pics.

This is one of the bridges through the palm grove. The palms grow close together so it's very dense.

Palm leaves intertwining. I think palms in Los Angeles would do this too but gardeners trim off the dried up leaves leaving only the green on top.

A Vista Point!! In honor of my dad who could never pass by a good vista without taking at least 20 photos.

More desert. Since it is winter it was in the 50's. We hiked for 2 hours, which we wouldn't have been able to do in the summer.
bookjunkie
January 6, 2011 at 8:59 pm
the cloudless dessert is gorgeous! I love all that space š