Coachella Valley
The San Andreas fault system runs right down the middle of the valley but no one seems too worried about it. Hey, this is California. The Big One is inevitable, but when? It will bring devastation within 50-100 miles of the zone, especially urban areas like Palm Springs.
On the bright geological side, the fissures caused by the faults give underground water an easy
route to the surface and are responsible for the many astonishing desert palm oases found
along the east side of the Coachella Valley.
You can stand directly over the fault line at Thousand Palms Canyon, just south of Desert Hot Springs in the Coachella Valley Preserve. And here's John, doing just that. Another day of vacation, another walk through a palm oasis. I just can't get enough of these lovely, magical places.
The town of Desert Hot Springs isn't known for high culture, dining, shopping or recreation. Go to Palm Springs for that. It's all about the healthful mineral water here, and that's fine with us.
But there is one very intriguing museum we always visit in Desert Hot Springs, and today we were the first tour of the morning so it turned out to be private. I brashly declared myself to be an archivist, and the nice gentleman let us see the private upper rooms of the pueblo, closed to the general public.
John took these nice pictures. You can read about Cabot by clicking this link:
Cabot's Pueblo.
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