Scamping in Palm Springs in August. Day 2.

We decided to Scamp at Indian Waters in Indio, because the price was too good to pass up ($55 for two nights! We got an extra first time discount). 

 It was nice and quiet, it is not their busy season yet.

Staying here would not be an option if it weren't for our AC unit in the Scamp.  It works like a dream (way too big for the size of the Scamp).

We did the usual Elmer's Diner run and then took a walk in downtown, before it got too hot.

Apparently you don't even have to be a human to get a star!

We were on an art mission.  There are beautiful temporary exhibits all over town.

This art exhibit is in a pit, in front of the Palm Springs Art Museum.  The artist comes in the middle of the night sometimes to move his babies.

It is 10:00 and we are feeling the heat, so we are escaping into the AC of the Palm Springs Art Museum.

This is my first time here, well, all of our first times here.

We loved this museum!  And just $6 for students and teachers.  What a deal.

One of the exhibits is mid-century modern furniture.  I found all sorts of things I want in our house!

Next we drove back to Indio and, much to my surprise, I found a super highly rated sandwich shop just a few miles away.

This is hard to believe, considering the location, but TKB Deli is rated as the number one restaurant in the nation!  It was really good.

Okay, it is getting hot!  We decided to do a homes driving tour in Palm Springs but we needed a map first.

At the Palm Springs Visitor Center/ old Tramway Gas Station (shown above) we were able to find the map we needed.  The Tramway Gas Station is actually listed as one of the buildings on the driving tour.

We enjoyed driving around and checking out all of the modern architecture, even though some of us were sleeping most of the time...  

This is Elvis' honeymoon home and where he lived with Priscilla for two years.

We love Palm Springs.

Scamping in Palm Springs in August. Day 1.

We drove to Palm Springs on Friday, day one of a three day weekend, Scamp in tow.  It took us two times as long to get here than it should have.  But there were beautiful colors as we headed down the mountain into the Coachella Valley.

By the time we got set up and settled into our campground Eric saw this posting on Facebook.  

Ha!  We were spotted in Temecula with our Scamp!

The Great American Road Trip. Day 34. Santa Rosa, CA.

In the morning we said goodbye to Azalea Glen RV pack, and the tallest trees on earth, and family, and headed down south towards home.  We decided to break the trip up into two nights/three days, and Santa Rosa is pretty much exactly at the 1/3 mark.

We really loved this campground.

Russian River Brewing Company's original location is in Santa Rosa, but since we have been to that one we decided to check out the new, beautiful location in Windsor (just 15 minutes away).

The beer is great, the building is gorgeous, the food- mehhh. 

We just don't do brew pubs right in CA.  Anyone opening a brew pub in CA should first visit Oregon brew pubs, and then copy their entire menu, and then hire their cooks.  I mean, CA is great at making beer, but we can't be good at everything.  Swallow your pride and learn from the best...

Our evening was spent at Spring Lake Park Campground, a very pretty regional campground, basically right on the edge of Santa Rosa.

It is hard to believe our Great American Road Trip is coming to an end!

I think some of us are in denial...

The Great American Road Trip. Day 33. Mad River and Patrick's Point State Park.

Our day started at Mad River Brewing Company, brewing since 1989.

I don't know when they started burgering, but no one was complaining. 

We then drove back to Patrick's Point State Park, just a mile or so from where we are camping.

It is so beautiful here, and the perfect way to spend our last day of this Great American Road Trip before we make our way back home.

This little baby has seen a lot in the past month (in eleven different states!), but she just wants more.

"Oh the places you'll go."