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On the way up, we drove by Lake Mathews..a manmade lake......
More mountains and one lone cloud......this is coming into Banning, outside of Palm Springs
Mt. San Jacinto and the famous Palm Springs windmills...there is always alot of wind through the valley.....
Foothills of the San Jacinto Mountains...very hot and dry...lots of sand
These are the types of desert trees you can see occasionally, shaped by the wind.
Here are the sand dunes I spoke about, there were more but I only was able to catch this much as we drove by....too hot to stop......It would be fun to explore in the winter..they plant trees to keep the sand from drifting on the railroad tracks that are on the other side of that stand of trees.....I don't know what kind they are, but they must be very drought resistant.
The AC in the van is broken, he took it in and they tested it...there is a hole in the condenser, just a pinhole but enough to keep it from working......we don't want to drive anywhere like Palm Springs again until we get it fixed.......when we got to the condo for the re key, I felt very sick..weak, headache, and nausea...felt awful..thank the Lord, the electricity was on, so I cranked up the AC in the unit and stood under the vent in the kitchen....the fridge was on so I opened it up..and stood in front of it......by the time we left, I felt much better...just not used to that type of heat ..the heat didn't seem to effect Alan..surprisingly. We then got some dinner, in a nice cool Rubios (fish tacos of course)..we normally use very little electricity if we do find it on but this was a health emergency of a sort...and I made sure the AC was off when we left.....and we were glad to get home where it was a "cool" 90 degrees.
It is rough riding in a van with no a/c. Mine's broken too, and my van's so old, I don't know if it's worth fixing. Try to keep cool!
ReplyDeleteHoney do you have cardiac troubles? Because I do and the heat affects me that exact way as you described. Try to stay cool, stay out of the heat if at all possible! I am so glad you could cool down at the condo, your health is worth more than a few kilowatts of electricity.
ReplyDeleteIts hot here too Dani, and we have one truck we use a lot that does not have AC. We try to wait and use it in the evening, although it does not bother my husband. This is really only the second heat spell we have had.
ReplyDeleteJudy