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

Here’s a map showing our route, heading east; the start of our eastward migration for 2024, heading from California to Florida:

An interactive map:

Leaving the RV park:

Getting on CA-55 North:

Marine layer:

Hills:

Ah I-10, our old friend; one of the worst quality freeways in the country:

Cabazon Dinosaurs (which we visited a couple of years ago):

Rest area, where we had an early lunch to kill some time, as we were too early for check-in:

Paladin on the dash when getting back on the freeway (he jumped down moments later):

Desert Hot Springs and Palm Springs overpass:

Our destination, the Thousand Trails Palm Springs entrance:

Check in:

Paladin on the dash going to our site: