Thousand Trails RV Resort Palm Desert, CA

We have been here at Palm Desert since Thur. afternoon. Thousand Trails RV Resort is about 450 RV spaces with towering palm trees lining the streets. Palm Desert, Indio, Rancho Mirage and Palm Springs are located in the Coachella Valley between Joshua Tree National Park and the Santa Rosa mountains. The elevation is very near sea level so it is a tropical desert oasis area. After traveling through the desert from Salome, AZ it is quit a change, however you are still on the desert side of the Santa Rosa mountains. Today we drove south on Rt 74up the desert side of the mountains around to the west side to the mountain town of Idyllwild. It is a tourist town that reminds me a lot of Estes Park, CO. The elevation is about 6000 ft. above sea level. The drive up the desert side of the mountain is rocks dirt and some scrub trees but on the other side you are in tall pines and broad leaf trees with grass valleys that have cattle and horses in them. It really is a striking contrast. From there we took Rt 254 down the west side to Banning, CA located on I-10 about 40 miles west of Palm Desert. The Temp was about 85 degree's when we left this morning and was probably about 70 degree's at Idyllwild and about 90 when we got back here this later this afternoon. Nancy says she hasn't seen any thing out here that would make her want to move from Florida.