16/02: Driving Back to Quartzsite
Category: General
Posted by: The Agnew Family
We followed the highway west then south to the Palm Springs area.
While we were driving I noticed how the kids were sleeping. Zaph was resting his head on the front armrest and Cait was resting her head on Zaph's leg. Didn't look comfortable to me but they stayed like for awhile.
Just before we reached highway 10 was this huge wind farm, the San Gorgonio Pass Wind Farm. This wind farm was developed in the 1980s and is in one of the windiest places in Southern California.
The wind turbines range from 80 to 160 feet in height. Always find it strange to see snow capped mountains in Southern California.
Some of the wind vanes were turning quickly while others were barely moving and others were not moving at all.
We have arrived in the Palm Springs area.
We stopped at a street fair.
Zaph and Cait checked this guy out ... took them a moment to realize he was stuffed.
The 26 foot tall "Forever Marilyn" statue is currently in Palm Springs. This statue was originally on display in Chicago and was moved to Palm Springs in May 2012.
Thought this was an interesting way to display a truck.
In the middle of the desert we saw this ultralight flying.
We arrived back in Quartzsite as the sun was setting and were surprised to see the line of traffic driving west. When you remember that highway 10 passes through Phoenix and goes to Los Angles the amount of traffic made sense.
While we were driving I noticed how the kids were sleeping. Zaph was resting his head on the front armrest and Cait was resting her head on Zaph's leg. Didn't look comfortable to me but they stayed like for awhile.
Just before we reached highway 10 was this huge wind farm, the San Gorgonio Pass Wind Farm. This wind farm was developed in the 1980s and is in one of the windiest places in Southern California.
The wind turbines range from 80 to 160 feet in height. Always find it strange to see snow capped mountains in Southern California.
Some of the wind vanes were turning quickly while others were barely moving and others were not moving at all.
We have arrived in the Palm Springs area.
We stopped at a street fair.
Zaph and Cait checked this guy out ... took them a moment to realize he was stuffed.
The 26 foot tall "Forever Marilyn" statue is currently in Palm Springs. This statue was originally on display in Chicago and was moved to Palm Springs in May 2012.
Thought this was an interesting way to display a truck.
In the middle of the desert we saw this ultralight flying.
We arrived back in Quartzsite as the sun was setting and were surprised to see the line of traffic driving west. When you remember that highway 10 passes through Phoenix and goes to Los Angles the amount of traffic made sense.