Jan 18 to Jan 24, 2017! DDG THIS WEEK Hot in Gay Palm Springs.

2017 DISCOVER OUTDOORS
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honors Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender
veterans who proudly served
our country in the military. Erected on
Memorial Day 2001. 31-705 Da Vall Drive,
Cathedral City, CA
“The Naked Bridge” AKA “The Bridge of
Thighs” This $500,000 bridge spans two
sides of the clothing optional Desert Shadows
Inn Resort and Villa. Just heat north
on N. Indian Canyon Drive and look up
shortly before reaching East Vista Chino.
Smiler’s Point In the 1963 hit, It’s a Mad,
Mad, Mad, Mad World opens with plummets
over a cliff on the highway in the
California desert. You can see the point
Smiler Grogan “He sailed right out there!”
GPS 33.6583 -116.4007
Pioneertown An old abandoned movie
set founded by Western movie stars is
now becoming a hip eclectic (watch
for Trump stickers) desert community.
53688 Pioneertown Rd Pioneertown, CA
The Integratron 2477 Belfield Blvd
Landers, CA (760) 364-3126 Take a “Sound
bath” at the dome and let its powers heal
you. I would call they seem to have strange
hours.
Cabot’s Pueblo Museum 67616 E. Desert
View Avenue Desert Hot Springs,
760.329.7610 Something for every age here.
In the scenic hills of Desert Hot Springs, a
Hopi-inspired pueblo Museum. Journey
back to simpler time and learn about the
exceptionally fascinating life and times of
Cabot Yerxa in 1913.
Blythe, California: Great Blythe Intaglios
I-10 exit onto US 95/Intake Blvd just west
of the California/Arizona state line. Drive
north 15.5 miles. You’ll see a small stone
cairn on the right. On the left is a fenced
dirt road that quickly leads to the Intaglios.
One of the few reason to go to Blythe Huge
ground drawings of humans and animals --
the largest human is 176 feet long. Believed
scratched into the hardpan in prehistoric
times
Muffler Man - Paul Bunyan Garnet Ave.
and Mill Creek Road, Mentone, CA Road
side yard art includes Paul Bunyan, a giant
rooster, the head of the Statue of Liberty, a
bucking horse, and a plane.
Palm Springs Walk Of Stars. Hundreds
of sidewalk stars honor past and present
famous residents of the desert resort town,
from Frank Sinatra to Mamie Van Doren to
local drag persona Bella Da Ball. Located
on the sidewalks of Palm Canyon Drive,
Tahquitz Canyon Way and Museum Drive.
Gubler Orchids 2200 Belfield Blvd Landers,
CA (760) 364-2282 Just next door is a
cool hip The Gubler family has loved and Shields Date Garden in the Date Capital
grown orchids for three generations. Originally
of the World. Learn the sex life of the date
in Switzerland, Gubler Orchids was while sucking on one, a great date shake,
opened in 1918 by Heir Gubler 92285. Free that is. 80225 US Highway 111, Indio, CA
tours and great orchids available for sale.
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