Travel from Palm Desert to Winterhaven, California

We drove our coach 142 miles, about three hours of driving, from Palm Desert, California to Winterhaven, California.

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

Route map

An interactive map:

Departing Thousand Trails Palm Springs, with Paladin on the dash, and our tag ready to hand in at the gate:

Departing TT Palm Springs

Passing a recumbent bike:

Passing recumbent bike

Joining I-10 East:

Joining I-10 East

Salton Sea:

Salton Sea

Fuel stop at Love’s; we only added a bit of fuel to reduce range anxiety, since it will be much cheaper once we leave California:

Fuel stop

Lots of parking available; we went in to have Subway sandwiches for lunch:

Lots of parking available

Paladin on the dash when we got back:

Paladin on the dash

Later, while underway, Paladin in his safe space, with a sunbeam:

Paladin in his safe space, with a sunbeam

I-8 East:

I-8 East

Passing by the border wall for Mexico:

Mexico border wall

Sand dunes and canal:

Sand dunes and canal

Boondockers and their dune buggies:

Boondockers

Passing by our destination, accessed via a side road from the next exit:

Passing by our destination

Entrance to our destination:

Entrance to our destination

Our site:

Our site