Yesterday seemed a good day to try a new trail we'd heard about. While out in La Quinta at the Farmers' Market, we checked out La Quinta Cove Trails. This is desert hiking in the Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument! A mouthful! It is a series of trails from about two miles to 10. Some with little elevation, others a climb. We chose the Cove Oasis loop for a start.
The signs all stress the importance of preparing for desert hiking. Water? Two quarts per hour!! Since it was hovering about 20 degrees celsius and we were only doing the two-mile loop, we had a litre each. But after the hike I knew that next time we would set out earlier in the day and I'd choose a cooler top!
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| You can see the trail - they were well marked and we carried a map but I still wouldn't be safe out there without my highly paid guide. |
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| The Cove Oasis - these are fissures in the earth that allow for water-hungry palms to thrive. |
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| Desert life - we spotted one tiny lizard but no rattlesnakes, another advantage of cooler weather. |
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