The National Park Hop
From April 4-24 we were in Palm Desert, California, which was one of my favorite areas we have ever stayed in. The beautiful desert town and surrounding area offered plenty of shops, grocery stores, beautiful scenery, restaurants, hiking, and other fun attractions. I already wrote about some of our California adventures in my last blog, so I'll add to that in this post! I hope you enjoy! On April 10 my mom and I rode the highly-recommended and very popular Palm Springs Aerial Tramway. My dad and Mia stayed at the camper since they aren't big fans of heights, and they had good reason to be a little intimidated--the tram car glides smoothly along cables from Long Valley up two and a half miles to the Mountain Station in the San Jacinto Mountains--8516 feet above sea level. This was a truly incredible experience and the views were breathtaking. The Aerial Tramway, the dream of a man named Francis Crocker, has been in operation since the 1960s. In 2000 the