Today’s reading list… We may not get through every one of these books from our home library, but we’ll try. If we do – or don’t – finish, we’ll be back tomorrow with more!
Category: California
Tahquitz Canyon and the Indian Canyons
This weekend, we made our very first trip to “Indian Canyons” to hike and photograph the Palm, Murray, Andreas, Tahquitz and Chino canyons. Considering I’ve been coming to Palm Springs beginning as a kid in the 1960s, I’m surprised it took me so long to make a visit.
Native Americans have called the Palm Springs and Coachella Valley home as early as 7,000 years ago, where they built complex communities across the region.
With an abundant water supply, the plants, animals and native peoples thrived in these abundant canyons and across the Coachella Valley, which sits in the westernmost extension of the Sonoran Desert (also called the Colorado Desert). Palm Canyon in the Indian Canyons is the world’s largest Washingtonia filifera (California Fan Palm) oasis.
Today, Tahquitz Canyon and the Indian Canyons and its culturally sensitive areas are part of the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians Reservation, and listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Our hike covered just a portion of the canyons. We’ll be back to continue our exploration and discovery!
Palm Springs: 1948 Gillman Residence
Herbert Burn’s 1948 Gillman House in Palm Springs Little Tuscany neighborhood is impeccable. The 4,700 sq foot home was lovingly restored and updated in 2020 by Thomboy Properties.
Albert Frey’s Cree House
What a treat to photograph Albert Frey’s 1955 Palm Springs desert modern masterpiece, the Cree House.
The home has been quietly held in the possession of a local family since the 1970s. The family recently completed a meticulous restoration of the home to evoke its original 1955 design.
Integrated into the hillside, the home features a large balcony with it’s commanding view overlooking nearly the entire Coachella Valley. The bright yellow corrugated fiberglass panel railings are original to the home.
Of particular interest to me is the kitchen, which features the unique and completely original restored refrigerator above the back counter top as shown in the photograph below.
The 2019 Ford GT Heritage Edition
What a treat to see and photograph this spectacular 2019 Ford GT Heritage Edition supercar at the Dr George Car Show in Indian Wells, California. The special livery of this car celebrates the final pair in a remarkable string of four consecutive Le Mans overall victories for Ford.
This 2019 Ford GT is painted in the same famous baby-blue-and-orange scheme of the Gulf Oil-sponsored Ford GT40 (Chassis No. 1075) that won the 1968 and 1969 LeMans overall victory.
In 1968, the Ford GT was driven to victory by Mexican Pedro Rodriguez and Belgian Lucien Bianchi. Belgian Jacky Ickx and Briton Jackie Oliver repeated the win in 1969.
Chassis No. 1075 is the only post-war car to win the LeMans race twice in a row. Those victories helped cement Ford’s place in international motorsports.
Flashback to the legends of Kustom Kulture
Had a flashback to the golden age of California custom cars at the Dr. George Car Show today.
This is the incredibly awesome #Atomitron, which started life as a 1949 Studebaker pickup until John Saltsman dug deep into the ’50s and ’60s hot rod kustom kulture with the help/inspiration of some of the great SoCal legends of hot rodders.
A few talents behind the Automitron include headlights by George Barris, tail lights by Gene Winfield, paint formula by Larry Watson, interior by Crazy Kiwi Kustoms. List list goes on…
Breaking hearts at every red light.
If she wasn’t out on her longboard catching waves at Old Man’s, she’d cruise PCH in her vintage Dodge, with the windows rolled down and hair blowing in the wind, breaking hearts at every red light.
#dodgedart #dodge #mopar #moparornocar #dart #mopars #cars #chrysler #dartmadness #moparnation #moparfam #dartsofmerica #dailydriven #dodgefever #63dodgedart #63dodgedart170 #oldmansbeach #sanonofre #dogpatch #sanclemente #danapoint #surfergirl #thepoint #oldmans #surf #surfing #longboarding #PCH
1966. The year Killer Dana died.
Seeing this sign at Dana Point Harbor reminded me of the extinction of a #surfing era known as Killer Dana. It happened in 1966 when the first boulder of the breakwater was dropped. It was completed in 1971.
#surf #surfer #waves #beach #ocean #surflife #surfphotography #surfinglife #surfers #surfboard #travel #wave #surftrip #sea #photography #sup #surfergirl #beachlife #surfgirl #surfboards #kitesurfing #sunset #canon #surfschool #nature #longboard #danapoint #killerdana
Happy New Year from La Quinta, California
The La Quinta Resort & Club is a historic resort in La Quinta, California.
Designed by Gordon Kaufmann and built by Walter H. Morgan, the hotel opened in 1926 as a desert getaway.
Tom Bergin is back in town.
I don’t drink very often, but when I do…
Tom Bergen is the iconic Los Angeles Irish Pub on Fairfax since 1936.
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