On a recent trip to Palm Springs I was unable to take my favorite airline ABU (Anything But United). On the return flight I followed conventional wisdom and showed up at the aitport an hour before flight time. Only to find that my flight would be delayed for two hours.
My first stop was at United ‘customer service.’ Since the two hour delay would mean that I’d miss my connection in Denver I had to be booked onto a later connection.
Downtown Palm Springs is only about 10 minutes from the airport so we hopped in a cab and off we went.
One more outdoor brunch before heading back to winter in the northeast doesn’t sound so bad.
The view from my cafe table
Some Palm Springs history
Is that some sort of IoT device on that plam tree?
Some Palm Springs celebrity
I miss my dog, cover boy on the home page of this blog.
Downtown
Uh oh! Flight time has been moved up a half hour. Call an Uber car.
Just wait a little bit more
All aboard!
My plane landed in Denver in time to make my original connection. But I had lost that seat when I was rebooked onto a later connection that was due to leave in three hours. And then that flight was delayed 2-1/2 hours. And they call it the friendly skies.
off the leash 
My family visited Palm Springs as a kid. Guess we didn’t know what to do because it seemed really boring. This looks like a much better trip.
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I have never been to Palm Springs although I’ve been to many other parts of the state. It looks so small town compared to other parts of CA. I’ll have to go there sometime. I admire your travel schedule, Ken!
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The photos in this post are of the city but there are some beautiful desert areas with great hiking trails in and around Palm Springs. Joshua Tree National Park is not too far away.
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Would looove to go to Joshua Tree. Next time!
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