We spent a wonderful warm time in Palm Desert visiting Aviva's mother and her friend Dave. We did a lot of things (in addition to laying out in the morning sun).
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The
Palm Springs Desert Museum
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We went to the Palm Springs Desert Museum; they have a number of Morris Grave's images which Aviva really likes. They also have a Chihuly and a neat pair of red lenses in the upstairs, perminent exhibit.
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A
detail of the Chihuly glass piece
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Aviva
through one of the red lenses
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We also went to the Palm Springs Aerial Tramway. There are two cars that each hold 80 + 1 people. It traverses two and a half miles with a vertical climb of over a mile - it is the second longest tramway in the world. We also took a long hike (about three-quarters of a mile) around the Mountain Station; it required quite a climb down and back up on a spiralling walkway. I took some panoramic shots of the valley floor from the Mountain Station and from our ride home.
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Aviva
and Bob at over 8000 feet!
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The
view down the mountain from the tram
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The
view from Mountain Station
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The
valley floor from Mountain Station
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The
valley from Highway 74
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The
view up from beside the tram
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That's
the road home from Idllwyld- it twists all over the hillside
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We also went to Idllwyld, a small art community in the mountains. We took Highway 74; it twists and turns through the mountains!
Send
email to Bob at electricbob@alephnaught.com
Send
email to Aviva at avivakramer@earthlink.net