Travel from Orange to Palm Desert, California

We drove our coach 103 miles, about two hours of driving, from Orange to Palm Desert, California.

Here’s a map showing our route, heading east:

Route map

An interactive map, with potential stops pinned:

Leaving our site; it was a bit tight, so we backed out, which meant we were facing the wrong way:

Leaving our site

Toading facing the wrong way; I walked around the corner to make sure the coast was clear before we headed out:

Toading facing the wrong way

CA-57:

CA-57

Entering CA-55 North:

Entering CA-55 North

CA-91:

CA-91

“100 Years of Freedom”:

100 Years of Freedom

Interesting hills:

Interesting hills

Overpasses:

Overpasses

Exit to Indio:

Exit to Indio

Snowcapped mountains:

Snowcapped mountains

Uphill:

Uphill

Rest area:

Rest area

Wind turbines:

Wind turbines

Exit to Washington Street:

Exit to Washington Street

Hills:

Hills

Arriving at TTPS:

Arriving at TTPS

Entrance

We were assigned a site that didn’t have 50 amp power, despite the gate agent assuring us that it did:

Our first assigned site

Then we got a new site assignment, and moved to a site that actually has usable power:

Moving to a site that actually has power

Actually getting into our site was a bit of a challenge, as it always is at TTPS (due to all the palm trees and other obstacles), but we managed it without too much difficulty.