>From: "Christine W" <christineweir@hotmail.com>
>Subject: hi from Palm Springs
>Date: Thu, 08 Apr 1999 23:00:52 PDT
>
>Hi everyone
>
>A quick note to say we got to Palm Springs about 3pm, a wonderful
>ride from Riverside, cut through Jack Rabbit Pass which is a great
>gentle uphill ride on an old un-maintained road, and a dirty great
>muddy puddle on the road which we had to push the bikes through!
>Clean bikes are now very dirty.
>
>The rest was some riding on the Interstate highway then a side road
>beside the highway, downhill with a very strong tail wind to Palm
>Springs.
>
>We were only going to pass through here, until I noticed that one of
>my front panniers was missing. Bummer. I reported it to the police,
>I'm not sure if it was stolen, but most likely it fell off when we
>were coming along the bike road between Banning and Palm Springs as
>it is quite a rough road. Anyway, fortunately it was the one that
>holds my tools and first aid kit, so they are easy to replace and not
>much inconvenience.
>
>Madi met a guy outside a supermarket and he invited us to stay in
>their place, so we are sleeping in the carport! We are lucky again
>with our accommodation.
>
>The desert around here is amazing, we went past this place where
>there were heaps of wind generators for power generation, marching up
>the hills in big rows.
>
>Anyway, I'm tired so off to bed soon.
>
>Till next time
>Christine