Don's Travels: Through Palm Springs to Anaheim

Jane Reporting for 16th October

Another day (16th October) with a short distance to travel so a late (later than usual) check out from the motel. I was able to catch up on some blog posts so it might be worth checking back a few days or so to see if there's anything new.

After leaving Blythe

We pulled off the road at the General Patton Memorial Museum, more to stretch our legs and (in the case of Gary and Jane, take a few photos for Dad of what we drove right by on the last trip):

At the General Patton Memorial Museum

And no dusty, outdoor museum in this part of the world is complete without warnings about the wildlife:

More interesting warning signs

Our stop in Palm Springs this year (in mid-October) was rather more pleasant than our stop there last year (early September) as the temperature had dropped nrealy 20 degrees F from 100 degrees (38 C) to 81 (30 C). Last year we slunk to an air-conditioned restaurant; this year we sat outside in the shade.

Gary at lunch

We decided to eat at an Italian restaurant and Gary and had very nice pasta dishes:

Jane's lunch

Gary's lunch

As we left Palm Springs we passed the very, very large wind farm. Here's a photo of what Gary saw:

The wind farm

This rather puts our 200+ turbines on the hills behind Palmerston North to shame. It was interesting to note that some sections of turbines appear to have fallen into disuse and at least one other appeared to have burnt out.

The wind farm

State Quarters
I'm now having a bit of trouble remembering which I have included and which I haven't. The muddle in my brain is made worse by having poured over them all as Lyn has added them to the collection, so sometimes I can remember seeing the coin, rather than adding it to a post.

Iowa (which I think we did visit this trip) celebrated education on their state quarter, and includes a picture of a one-room school: