February 03, 2018

My daughter Tammy and her fiance Rob flew into Palm Springs on Thursday to stay and visit us and the area for a few days. They have a beautiful suite at the Marriott with their patio right on the fairway.  Not too shabby!!  They rented a beautiful red convertible Mustang for their 11 day holiday, which is for sure the way to travel around here. The weather has been in the high 80's.  





But I have to say for as cute as the car is, and for as comfortable the back seat is (once you get into it -lol) it is definitely built for two - NOT four people. But we toured around with them and had a blast - top down, hair blowing everywhere (Tammy and I were in the back - how fair is that??).

We took in the Palm Springs Village Fest on Thursday night. This is the street fair featuring arts, crafts, food, and entertainment that happens every Thursday night in beautiful downtown Palm Springs. It was a long day for the kids, as they were up at 4 am to catch their flight.






Friday was a very busy day. We visited the Palm Springs Air Museum - Rob was in his glory. Something we've never done in all the years of coming down here, it was very enjoyable and lots of fun hangin' with the kids! 







There are over 49 Vintage aircraft from WWII, Korea and Vietnam in a spacious 89,000 sq. ft. facility. 












Movies and documentaries ongoing throughout the area. 









By the time we were done with this tour it was 4 o'clock so we headed on up to the Palm Springs Aerial Tramway, another attraction Michel and I have talked about doing but never have. So today was the day! 







This tramway is a major gateway to the Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument - lots of nature trails, plants and animals.









It was a spectacular 10 minute, two and half mile trip that started at the Valley Station (elevation 2,643 feet) and transported us up to the Mountain Station (elevation 8,516 feet) in  the world's largest rotating tram. 






Tammy wasn't all that impressed with the ride as she is terrified of heights, but for me, after jumping from an airplane not much scares me!  

There is snow in them thar hills!!

We had dinner at the top in a very nice restaurant, then rode the tram back down in the dark.  Not as scary for sure!

View from the top at night

We do get beautiful sunsets here

Today we had a BBQ - the kids came over this afternoon and we had a little happy hour, had dinner and a walk around the park, then a little swim in the pool and a soak in the hot tub. A little nightcap (chocolate wine - yummy!) then we said good night.