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Desert to Mountains, Palm Springs Aerial Tram!

Post author:Colleen
Post published:January 22, 2022
Post category:Adventure Exploring Videos

Wednesday we left Borrego Springs and drove up to Palm Springs to the Palm Springs Aerial Tram. This Tramway is considered an engineering marvel featuring the world’s largest rotating tram cars! Valley station starts the adventure with the elevation of 2,643’ and your destination at Mountain station has an elevation of 8,516’. Mountain station has 2 restaurants (one self-serve) and one cocktail bar. The Mount San Jacinto State Park is just behind the tram station providing backpacking and hiking opportunities. The temperature change from Palm Springs to Mountain Station is 30-40 degrees! There was still several inches of snow on…

The Borrego Springs Pumpkin Patch!

Post author:Colleen
Post published:January 16, 2022
Post category:Adventure Exploring Ford F-250 Videos

Last year while spending the winter in Borrego Springs, CA we heard about a special area call “The Pumpkin Patch”. This area is deep in the Ocotillo Wells off-road recreation area. We set out this past week thinking this would be a short 4x4 drive in the desert. Once in the 4x4 area we had to drive miles and miles through areas of deep sand and extreme bumps! First attempt, we depended on the GPS; bad idea….Can’t wait to find out what happened….Enjoy the video!Travel Update:We are enjoying the weather and winter in Borrego Springs. So enjoying the eBikes! We…

16 Month on the ROAD Recap!

Post author:Colleen
Post published:January 9, 2022
Post category:Adventure Videos

Wow!! 16 Months on the Road!!Here it is, as promised, the recap of our adventures of 16 months on the road. The process of making this video has been so eye opening…to relive all of the incredible places we have been. It is an understatement to say we are thankful, our gratitude reaches way beyond thankful. The making of this video was crazy….we have changed our minds about everything in the video multiple times and boy, did we make some mistakes! The video is 34 minutes long with about an hour on the cutting room floor. We considered adding bloopers,…

A day at a Wind Farm!

Post author:Colleen
Post published:December 19, 2021
Post category:Adventure Exploring Travel Tips

While in Palm Springs we did a self driving tour at Palm Springs Windmill Tours. The tour starts at the Tour Center with exhibits and a video that showcase the history of the first Southern California wind farm established in 1982. After you explore the exhibits, you are on your way to see 10 marked stops with curated audio and an app! Also included are two stops close to active Wind Turbines that reach over 400 feet tall! Are you ready to become a wind energy hack? Palm Springs Windmill Tour: https://www.windmilltours.comWe highly recommend this tour!Let us know what you…

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