Trip to Palm Springs

I wasn't planning on heading south this past winter...

But one stormy February day an invitation came...

A plan was hatched to visit relatives who winter annually in Palm Springs, California...

It was a dream come true!

Trips like this require planning... so it didn't happen until last week, when our weather here in Ottawa was a bit warmer...

But it was still a treat to step out of a plane into balmy 90-degree (32-degree Celsius) weather!

The next few days we ate fresh-off-the-tree oranges, grapefruit and dates.

We wandered through date palm gardens - and shops.

The home we stayed in was attached to a golf course. I walked on the grass, but I didn't play golf!

We wandered around outdoors without coats and hats! We attended a street festival, like this one...

It was a wonderful break!