Brian & Patty's Awesome Adventure!: 1000 Palms Oasis and Air Museum

Wednesday we decided to go to the 1000 Palms Oasis in the Coachella Valley Preserve.

1000 Palms Oasis

Although it was about 105 degrees we walked the McCallum trail to the McCallum Pond. There is only a 100 foot elevation gain so it was not to bad. The heat was the main issue. You could see the palm trees in the distance. The round trip was 1.5 miles.

1000 Palms path

On the trail there was no shade. We came upon this sign which let us know which way it was to the pond.

McCullum trail sign

The trees are surrounding the pond.

McCullum Pond

We made it to the pond. In spite of the water it was still HOT here. There was shade though which helped.

No swimming allowed!

Patty and Terri enjoying the shade.

Patty and Terri

We spent about 30 minutes at the pond. Scott and I walked around the entire pond while the girls enjoyed the solitude. As we were getting ready to head back several other people starting to show up. I like this picture with the relflections.

Reflections

We left the Oasis and drove into Palm Springs to the Palm Springs Air Museum. Patty and I have been here before. There are two sides, The Pacific and European campaign. Last time we came, only the European was open. Scott and Terri and never seen the museum. There is alot of information about how we got into the WWII conflict.

Pacific Side

There are many exhibits and a lot of era correct planes. There were steps at this plane so you could look into the cockpit.

Scott checking it out

We moved over to the European side. This plane was part of the Teskegee black flying squadron. The movie "Red Tails" is about the Teskegee Airmen. Patty and I will rent Red Tails as soon as it is available on RedBox.

Teskegee plane

This is a Mitchel B-25 Bomber. It is nicknamed "Mitch the Witch".

Patty posing in front of "Mitch the Witch"

This is a front view of "Mitch". How would you like to be sitting in the front seat? :)

Best seat in the house!

There were a bunch more planes outside. Although most planes are fully restored and are beautiful, we did not stay outside long because it was pushing 110 degrees.

Planes, planes, and more planes!

They even had a Russian built MIG fighter that had been sold to Korea. I'm not sure how it got from Korea to Palm Springs! It definitely is obvious why American Air power is so superior to the rest of the world! How scary if you were an enemy combatant having to face one of our finest in an F18!

Russian MIG

We were pretty hot and tired so we came back to camp and went into the pool for a couple of hours. The pool is still not being heated except by the sun, but is naturally staying at about 86 degrees. It is soo nice!

I will take some pictures of the pool before we leave, but here is our campground. This is a former date farm and the still cultivates the dates and sell them. The palm trees you see produce a large crop of dates.