Snow Day!

Seeing as the rest of the country is blanketed in snow and we are enjoying temps in the 70s and sunshine, we had to make our own snow day! Our Austrian friends, who had been travelling around by RV for the past 2 weeks, called and we met up in Palm Springs. They got to enjoy one last day of sun as we enjoyed The Living Desert.

(Mr. Burli claimed there would be a surprise at The Living Desert - turns out they have a huge outdoor train layout.)

(Our friends who are on their way back today.)

(He pet the animals! He even brushed some goats.)

(There were so many amazing plants - I loved their assortment of thorny acacias. They had them all trimmed up nicely when they overhung the path, but extra tall guests or children riding on their parent's shoulders needed to be a bit cautious.)

They went on to LA and we enjoyed the hotel pool, an outdoor brunch, a walk around downtown and then we took the rotating tram up Mt. San Jacinto.

(Second steepest aerial tramway in the world. Built by the Swiss, luckily.)

So, even though a certain someone complained for quite a while (and again today) that we didn't buy/take along/steal/barter for/rent/build a sled, I think he had fun, as evidenced by his great big smile! Palm Springs is sort of a decadent and yet strangely run-down town, but the aerial tramway is amazing.