Last week we participated in the “Tour de Palm Springs” bike ride in – you guessed it – Palm Springs. To get there, we took the Rover to a camp ground in Desert Hot Springs, about 30 minutes northeast of Palm Springs. This was the view from our camp site in the morning:

The mountain in the background is San Jacinto. For my non-California readers, Jacinto is pronounced with an H, like Hacinto. It is 10,834 feet tall (3,302 m) and that makes it the second highest mountain range in Southern California. To give perspective, the highest mountain in the Germany is Zugspitze with an altitude of only 9,718 feet (2,962 m).

I have climbed San Jacinto many times, going to the top, and doing section hikes. Here are some of those posts:

https://norberthaupt.com/2012/07/22/hiking-san-jacinto-july-19-2012/

https://norberthaupt.com/2008/06/23/hiking-san-jacinto/

https://norberthaupt.com/2023/06/20/hiking-fuller-ridge-trail/

Once I have climbed a mountain, I always see the paths up and I continue to be fascinated by them. Here is a view of the mountain from Palm Springs during the bike ride. I had to pull over to the sidewalk to take this beautiful image:

At the end, we enjoyed the ride and the trip to the desert, along with a lot of intimate views of the beauty of San Jacinto.