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This past weekend the Evanskey crew headed out to the desert, more specifically Desert Hot Springs and Palm Springs to do some vacationing. We stayed at this groovy little resort just outside of Palm Springs with a huge pool and day spa called Miracle Springs. It got to be a tad bit hot, roughly in the ballpark of 111 degrees so we did a lot of swimming and indoorsy type of things. I took J to the Palm Springs Air Museum to see the World War I and II planes and we had a blast. J got to tour through the inside of a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress and we got to see my all time favorite plane the F4U Corsair. Later that night we walked around the strip and had dinner at a killer Mexican restaurant in downtown then spent awhile in the jacuzzi at the end of the night. We also stopped to see the dinosaurs at the Wheel Inn Restaurant at Cabazon and took a tour of the Joshua Tree National Park. Unfortunately, we got to the park towards the end of the day and J fell alseep halfway through it but with the sunset setting mixed in with the beautiful desert scenery, the park was an otherworldly sight. Saturday night we went back into town to see WALL-E and man did that movie ROCK! Pixar has not let me down yet and now they are batting nine for nine. The first 30-40 minutes of this movie has barely any dialogue and kept me totally absorbed in everything that Wall-E experienced. This movie should be in the running for best picture and not just animated picture because it’s just that good. So to cap off the vacation we headed up the Palm Springs Aerial Tram on Sunday and hiked around the San Jacinto State Park at the top to try and spot some cool wildlife. The tram has the new swiss made 360 degree turning cars so you really get a good view anywhere you stand and you the top is around 8800 feet. When we left the station it was 110 degrees and when we got to the top it was a pleasant 66 degrees. The view was spectacular and even though it was a bit hazy we could see a lot. On a clear day, you can see across the valley to Joshua Tree National Park, the Salton Sea, San Diego and Mexico! Anyway here are a couple pics and if you click on them you can visit our Flickr set. Enjoy.