Random Scrap:
I was just taking a hike with Kamil on one of the nearby hills and looking around one could easily see how the geography of this place contributes to the heat and drought. Palm desert was part of so called Coachella Valley community which we could now clearly see looking down the hill. To the left was a range of relatively high mountains which were a natural mark of the desert keeping the moist from the West Coast away. This was also where Palm Springs stretching to the east joint with Cathedral Mirage, Rancho Mirage and finally Palm Desert. The cities were roughly enclosed within the boundries of highway 111. Traveling further east on the highway you would pass La Quinta and eventually Indio and the rest of the valley. The highway would eventually merge with freeway 10 which stretched all the way to Florida making it one of the longest route in America. The valley was roughly divided into West and East. The former was a home of many celebrities and homes of 'snow birds', second home owners, and potential source of my income. The Eastern part was mostly inhabited by citrus fields and immigrants from Mexico.