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Blooming Beauty

The desert may be inhospitable, but it is far from sterile.

Maggie Downs August 31, 2017 Attractions, Valley

It was dry in the desert. That’s the way it’s supposed to be, of course. But for me as a recent transplant to the Coachella Valley, the land here seemed particularly parched. The ground was rattlesnake colored but soft, like ash. I was about a mile, maybe two, into the slot canyon, on a hike with a group in an

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Palm Springs Life March 2021
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