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Earle C. Strebe Theatres: Palm Trees to Pines

Jaylyn and John3 months ago2 weeks ago017 mins

The honor of receiving the very first star on Palm Springs Walk of Stars in 1992 didn’t go to a blockbuster entertainer like Bob Hope, Ginger Rogers or Frank Sinatra. The coveted star was instead bestowed upon a modest and well-liked man from Indiana, Earle Clifford Strebe, in front of the historic Plaza Theatre he…

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  • Route 66

African Lion Spotted in Amboy Was a Cool Cat

Jaylyn and John4 months ago2 months ago025 mins

You may be familiar with the large marble Chinese Guardian Lion statues between Route 66 and Kelbaker Road but did you know Amboy may have once had its very own living African lion? “Old Man Miller,” as he was known in the Amboy area, was the first person to spot a large African lion near…

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  • Museums

Big Bear Valley Historical Museum: A Tale of Two Cities

Jaylyn and John2 years ago2 months ago022 mins

Have you ever wondered if the vastly different cities of Big Bear City and La Quinta, California, could possibly have anything in common? One is high in the San Bernardino mountains , a few minutes from Big Bear Lake, and the other is near the Santa Rosa mountains in the low desert, approximately an hour’s…

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  • Road Trippin'!

Shields Dates: Where the Dating Game Lives On

Jaylyn and John2 years ago2 years ago012 mins

Your knight called and said you really ought to be here. Shields Dates, located at 80-225 Highway 111 in Indio, just over the border of La Quinta, is a favorite stop for world-class travelers and locals alike. The company was founded in 1924 by Floyd Shields and his wife, Bess Lugton. Floyd Shields was one…

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  • RV Park Reviews

Happy Traveler RV Park: Palm Springs, California

Jaylyn and John3 years ago2 years ago014 mins

Happy Traveler is an 130-site RV park with tight quarters. It offers full hookups, 30-50 amp service, pool, seasonal activities, shuffleboard and a laundry room. The park does not accept RV’s over 40 feet long. Tall hedges separate each site. We’ve camped here twice but hesitated to write about it because we actually don’t have…

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  • Texas Tales

We’re Moving, Y’all! Adios California

Jaylyn and John4 years ago10 months ago011 mins

Keeping an eye on our local booming house prices in our sleepy southern California desert town spearheaded us in the right direction…

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  • Recommended Books

What’s on Our Desert Bookshelf? Part I: 20 Cheap Paperbacks

Jaylyn and John5 years ago2 years ago05 mins

One of our hobbies we enjoy is browsing museum gift shops and used bookstores for nuggets of information in the form of small books and pamphlets. Some are out-of-print so discovering these treasures is extra fun. As you can imagine, we have collected quite a few desert-related books over the years. If anything good can…

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  • Peeks Into the Past

A Trip Through Time: The Mojave Desert Then and Now Part IV

Jaylyn and John5 years ago2 years ago07 mins

Victorville and Route 66: 7th Street meets D Street, and the year 2018 meets the roaring ’50s. The Hotel Stewart was originally the Turner Hotel more than a hundred years ago, and was serving full-course dinners for 35 cents back in 1936. Decades make a difference, and along with fires and demolitions crews, time has…

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  • Biography

Cabot Yerxa: Miracle Man of Desert Hot Springs

Jaylyn and John5 years ago2 years ago329 mins

It is a given that when researching information about a particular topic, one discovery often leads to another. Such is the case when we recently wrote about the T Cross K Ranch in Mission Creek Preserve, just down the road from Desert Hot Springs, California. Cabot Yerxa’s name kept popping up in old newspapers. An…

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  • Palm Springs

Hiking Andreas Canyon: Agua Caliente Oasis

Jaylyn and John6 years ago2 years ago010 mins

There once was a time at least 2,000 years ago, when the only voices heard in the desert below San Jacinto were those of the Cahuilla people. At a time when the Roman Empire ruled over most of Europe and the Middle East, the Cahuillas lived here in relative peace. The Romans are gone, of…

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