Explore the World one Step at a Time
Explore the World one Step at a Time
finally reaching Tamarack Valley, and why a meadow grows at 9,100 feet We are up and up on the first tram on the Palm Springs Aerial Tramway for this week’s hike to Tamarack Valley. This hike will take us past…
Part two of our San Jacinto summer project: butterscotch-scented pines, a vanishing snowmelt lake, and a wildflower that grows nowhere else on Earth Hike number two in our summer quest to summit San Jacinto Peak (or at least hike as…
Our First Step Toward San Jacinto Peak Summer is here, and so is the Summer Pass for the Palm Springs Aerial Tramway. When the Coachella Valley is flirting with 110°F (43°C) and your car doubles as an air fryer, there’s…
The Desert Oasis That Knows How to Bounce Back Some places make you work to find them. Dos Palmas Preserve is one of them, tucked away near the Salton Sea at the end of a few sandy dirt roads. I…
A Wildflower Walk in the Coachella Valley Preserve If you ask me to name a favorite wildflower trail, the Moon Country Trail in the Coachella Valley Preserve is always near the top of the list. It’s roughly 4 miles (6.4…
Thousand Palms Oasis Preserve sits on the northern edge of the Coachella Valley in the Indio Hills, just a few minutes away from Palm Springs. Wildflowers A couple of weekends ago I ventured out to look for the first signs…
It’s not a secret that Araby Trail is my favorite hiking trail in Palm Springs. I use it as a workout trail, a show-my-friends-the-town-from-above trail, get-out-of-the-house-trail, and just-enjoy-the-outdoors trail. Today I wanted to see whether the recent severe rain falls…
I get to look at Mt San Jacinto from my front porch in Palm Springs. It is one of my favorite things to do when I am out there on weekends: brew some fresh coffee and sip it while marveling…
The last 2 mornings were just amazing here in Palm Springs. Not that I want to talk about the weather much, but with the scorching heat throughout the summer and fall, the slightly cooler temperatures over the past 2 days…