Downtown Palm Springs & Tram

Since we didn't really get a chance to be tourists in Palm Springs last time, we tried to squeeze everything in this weekend. We went shopping downtown with Julie one morning and up to Mt. Jacinto State Park on the aerial tram for a family dinner one evening. Sun & snow!

 Mod architecture

 Barrels o' fun

 Home of the stars!

 Primped palms

 Heart!

 Poppys!

Snapdragons!

 Mt. Jacinto

 The Tram!

 Snowy cascade

 Up we go - down they go

 The Coachella Valley

¡Bienvenidos!

 Snowy pines

 Windswept landscape

 Frozen cheese!

 A spooky old tree

 View from the top

Winter wonderland!

 Mountaintop panorama

Palm Springs - Living Desert

This morning we drove out to the Living Desert for some cactus / zoo / playground fun with Kylie! She got her first allowance, spent it on a dinosaur toy and a lollypop, and immediately started crying, "I want my money back!" as soon as we got out of the gift shop. Lesson learned?

 It's STILL Christmas!

 Ocotillo sunrise

 Hola pueblo amigos!

 A fierce ride!

Morning in the desert

 I'm poky, prickly and have two arms...

I'm a cactus!

 Twisty cactus

 Hello spiky friend

 Cactus path

Desert familia

 Chunky saguaro

 Desert beauty

 Hummingbird

 Lil' drummer

Up giraffe-o-scope!

Goodbye giraffe!