In the desert

 

A beautiful, cool early desert morning. It should get up to the mid-70's today and 80's tomorrow. Perfect. Stormy skies and a bumpy descent when we landed yesterday afternoon, but the rain (if you can call it that by Seattle standards) nothing but a warm light sprinkle when we walked to dinner last night. It came, it went in 20 minutes.

It's very quiet here in the morning because most people sleep later than us. I love sitting by the pool watching the wispy coastal clouds rise above the mountains and then disappear in the dry desert air. You can see them in this lovely view outside our room-- right up against the desert mountains, you would never guess we're in the middle of downtown Palm Springs and can walk everywhere.

We have lots of company, though. In the past, Monday through Thursday was the quiet time, but the airport was jammed yesterday and the streets last night full of people. Kind of a shock, actually. What pandemic? Everything is wide open and then some in California, for better or worse, enjoy the moment seems to be the rule. Why not?

The rental car lines at the airport yesterday. Renting a car is never fast, but we had “Thrifty “ and didn't have to wait long. 

Well, time to hit the pool while I have it all to myself.