California 2016 - Part 16

Palm Springs

Monday - June 6th 2016

Today we left Los Angeles and drove east to Palm Springs. The main reason for visiting Palm Springs was the architecture, and while there were some great buildings from the 1950s, my must see attraction, Marily Monroe, wasn't there. Unfortunately the famous Forever Marilyn by Seward Johnson is currently on display in New Jersey. However we still wanted to go to Palm Springs to see the desert. So after we got coffee at Starbucks we were on our way and around noon we arrived in the small but lovely Palm Springs. Our first stop was the original Native Foods Cafe, a vegan restaurant which we already knew from Chicago, for lunch.

Palm Springs

Palm Springs

Native Foods Cafe

Chicken Fingers

Italian Meatball Sub

Nachos Salad

Afterwards we drove to our motel. Since we were very happy with the Knights Inn in Anaheim, we decided to stay at the Knights Inn Palm Springs. The motel was a bit outside of downtown, but we had a car, so that didn't matter in the least. Our room was nice and clean and it looked like it was refurbished recently. We enjoyed our stay there a lot, and the hotel even offered a pool. 

Our Room

Pool Area

In the afternoon we headed into downtown and were insane enough to take a walk through the town in the heat. The temperature was over 40° Celsius, in the shade. But at least we weren't the only ones. After a stop at Starbucks for iced coffee, we got vegan ice cream at Ben & Jerry's and later we had some ice cold beers at a lovely outdoor bar on main street. In the evening we had dinner at Native Foods Cafe again and then we drove out into the desert. What a beautiful landscape, especially during sundawn.

Palm Springs

Palm Springs

Palm Springs

Palm Springs

Palm Springs

Palm Springs

Palm Springs - Lovely Outdoor Bar

Palm Springs

Palm Springs

Chicken Burger

Chicken Wrap

Palm Springs

Palm Springs

Palm Springs

Palm Springs