Palm Spings and Joshua Tree National Park

Since yesterday evening I am in Palm Springs.
It was a nice trip with not too much traffic and with the help of my navigation lady I had no problems to find the way. First I took the historic highway 101 to drive to Carlsbad. It was a very nice ride along the coast with some cute little cities. In Carlsbad I made a right and headed straight East to Palms Springs. The landscape changed completely while I was on my way and also the temperature has increased continously.

Palm Spings is like an oasis in the desert. A lot of palm trees, flowers, green grass .... . Thank god I don´t have to pay the bill for the water. It is a very nice little city but very hot. Today we had 40,5 °C. Puuuhhhh!







Due to that hot temperaturs I started the day very early in the morning. I wanted to visit Joshua Tree National Park and with 3 gallons of water and a full tank I started my trip through the park at the west entrance. I made the long tour through the whole park with its two types of deserts. It was about 70 miles to drive and I enjoyed every single mile despite it was incredibly hot. It was indeed an amazing experience. Around late afternoon I arrived back at the hotel and relaxed a little bit.
















After a short nap I went to one of the casinos
to gamble a little bit. Unfortunately I was not lucky and lost 10 $. Finally I dicided to give myself a special treat for dinner. They offered an all-you-can-eat seafood buffet at the casino for 18 $ including drinks and desert. It was really delicious!









Tomorrow morning I will drive back to the coast to take highway 101 to Santa Barbara. I am not sure if I will have internet access in Santa Barbara. Hopefully yes!
See you!