On the spur of the moment yesterday, we decided to head to Palm Springs before the forecasted heavy rain hit. We wanted to drive the Palm to Pines highway (in reverse) and knew it wouldn't be fun in pouring rain. It was overcast and so much drier than we remember on the ocean side of the mountains but the desert is still desert! The colours are subtle but beautiful. We got out and walked around enjoying the cool 16 degrees up at the top.
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| Top of Palm to Pines Highway. |
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| Brightest colour in the desert right now is the lichen! |
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| Gives you an idea of how steep and high the climb is. This is taken from a lookout about half-way down. You can barely make out a tiny white car in the middle. The ribbon of highway is still winding steeply down at the bottom. |
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