California's Best Trips 2 - Full PDF eBook

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Sunfair

Morongo
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Thousand
Palms

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Mecca

Joshua
Tree

Chiriaco
Summit

Cathedral
City

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Twentynine
Yucca Palms
Valley

Cabazon

Palm
Springs

Desert
Hot
Springs

BigMorongo
Canyon
Preserve

Hidden
Valley

Keys
View

Oasis
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Cottonwood
Spring

Coachella
Valley

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ToSalvation
Mountain
(13miles)
1 Palm Springs
Hollywood celebs have
always counted on
Palm Springs as a quick
escape from LA. Today,
this desert resort town
shows off a trove of well-
preserved Mid-Century
Modern buildings. Stop
at the Palm Springs
Visitor Center (%760-778-
8418; http://www.visitpalmsprings.
com; 2901 N Palm Canyon
Dr; h9am-5pm), inside
a 1960s gas station by
modernist Albert Frey,
to pick up a self-guided
TRIP HIGHLIGHT
Palm Springs
& Joshua Tree
Oases
Just.a.short.drive.from.the.chic.resorts.of.Palm.
Springs,.the.vast.Mojave.and.Sonoran.Deserts.
are.serenely.spiritual.places..You.may.find.that.
what.at.first.looked.like.desolate.sands.transform.
on.foot.into.perfect.beauty:.shady.palm.tree.and.
cactus.gardens,.tiny.wildflowers.pushing.up.from.
hard-baked.soil.in.spring,.natural.hot-springs.pools.
for.soaking,.and.uncountable.stars.overhead.in.the.
inky.dark.
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