Off to Palm Springs

18 01 2025

It doesn’t get any better than Outdoor Resorts Palm Springs!  Lush beautiful golf courses wind through the 1200 exclusively RV sites, which are also meticulously maintained.  We’re parked in site #784, the same site that we spent a week in last year.  This year we’ll enjoy 2 weeks in this beautiful park along with fun in Palm Springs and the surrounding area.

Outdoor Resorts, Palm Springs

Outdoor Resorts, Palm Springs

For us, Palm Springs is all about great restaurants and foodie destinations.  On Saturday after arriving, we enjoyed wonderful Mexican food and great margs on the outside patio at Felipe’s Palm Springs.  An unassuming café in a small strip center, Felipe’s turns out authentic Guadalajara styled food of rellenos, enchiladas, tacos and creamy, hearty soups.  Great service and wonderful food – we’ll be back!

Felipe’s Palm Springs

Then on Wednesday, we’re at Rooster and Pig, another small unassuming place serving a wonderful fusion of Vietnamese-American dishes. Chef/Owner Tai Spendley opened the Rooster in 2016 and has since garnered rave reviews from locals and visitors.  Arriving around 4:30, we joined a long line extending along the parking lot for the restaurant opening at 5PM!  Our favorite dishes included Vietnamese Crispy Rolls, Shaking Beef, Lemongrass Pork Noodle Soup and Panko Chicken Stuffed Curry Balls.  Delicious!

Rooster and Pig Palm Springs

Friday evening starts with a cocktail at Blue Coyote Grill, before dining at The Tropicale, an institution in downtown Palm Springs.  After our wonderful experience last year, we had to return.  And, once again, The Tropicale didn’t disappoint – the place to see and be seen, great food and uncompromising service!

Saturday brunch is at another famous Palm Springs restaurant, the Farm.  With a waitlist of nearly an hour, we enjoy a pre-brunch Bloody Mary at the Front Porch at the Farm before  being seated in the lush, open courtyard, where we enjoyed beautiful weather.  Food options included both sweet &  savory crepes, omelets, salads, sandwiches  and tasty benedicts.

Front Porch Farm Palm Springs

Farm Palm Springs

Another brunch on Sunday is at Cactus Jack’s Bar & Grill – an informal eatery in Palm Desert.  Seemingly unchanged since opening in 1987, the diner specializes in Prime Rib including a Prime Rib Benedict.  Other protein intense offerings are Short Rib Benedict, Pork Chops & Eggs, Top Sirloin & Eggs, Chicken Fried Steak & Eggs and more traditional dishes; Biscuits & Gravy, Omelets and Scrambles.  Food was great, service was outstanding and pricing, one of the better values in the Palm Springs area.

Cactus Jacks Palm Desert

After two weeks, we’re packing up and headed to Lake Havasu City.  More from there…


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Outdoor Resort, Palm Springs

23 01 2024

Good Morning from Outdoor Resort – Palm Springs, actually located in Cathedral City, CA.  This is a gorgeous RV Resort!  We’re parked in site 784, a beautiful back-in site right next to the  4th tee on the 18-hole golf course. With over 1200 sites, this is a huge resort, providing nearly every amenity imaginable.

“Out the Back Window” – Outdoor Resort, Palm Springs, CA

In addition to the 18-hole course, there’s another 9-hole course, two large club houses with pools, 6 other “satellite” pool areas, 2 dog parks, pickleball courts, tennis, fitness center, a beauty/barbershop, a full service restaurant, convenience store and lots more.

Outdoor Resort, Palm Springs, CA

This is an RV-only resort – you’ll not find any permanent park-models or other buildings that have become predominant in so many other parks & resorts.  The 2 golf courses meander through the resort with beautiful greens, lakes, fountains and lush flower gardens.  Security walls extend around the perimeter of the resort, with buffers of green belts, the dog parks and a huge orchard filled with grapefruit, lemon. lime and orange trees – free for the picking to any resident or guest!

Outdoor Resort, Palm Springs, CA

Friends from Colorado recently purchased a site at this “all-RV” resort, so we’re here to check out their new place and enjoy the Palm Springs area.  After arriving on Tuesday, we’re off to the Tropicale restaurant, a Palm Springs institution of fine and fun dining.  On Thursday evening we wandered through the VillageFest along Palm Canyon Drive and ended the evening with the requisite photos at the “Forever Marilyn” sculpture.

“Forever Marilyn”, Palm Springs, CA

Saturday found us at the Salton Sea.  Less than an hour east of Palm Springs, this is one of the lowest land places on earth and was once the mouth of the Colorado River at the northern tip of the Sea of Cortez.  As the river carried silt into the valley and sea levels dropped, the Salton Trough was left high and dry.  Until, in 1905 when the Colorado River breached flood gates and refilled the depression.  It’s an impressive 35 mile long lake of high salinity and agricultural pollutants.  The area is thought to contain one of the world’s largest lithium deposits which is estimated to be worth over $500 billion!

Salton Sea, CA

After enjoying Palm Springs and the Coachella Valley we’re headed for San Diego, with a 4 night stop in Temecula.  More from wine country!


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