Palm Springs Wind Up

Oh well, all great things must come to an end and we have reached our final night at this Desert Oasis. It really is the most stunning place and would be worth a return trip at some stage.

The silver lining of course is that with every day which passes we get closer to coming home to see our family, friends and perfect little cat. And also to meeting Fran and Ben's new born son Leo, congrats again guys.

We must acknowledge a debt of gratitude to Mobsta today. Somehow he found out that the Palm Springs Museum was hosting an exhibition of Architecture photography by Julius Schulman. This guy is the most renowned Architectural photographer in history, and the exhibition was fantastic. The scope was his photography in Palm Springs, so it provided us with an invaluable insight into many of the homes we glimpsed in our Whirlwind tour yesterday.

Also on display were many Architectural plans and models of these stunning homes. We thought of Mobsta,Mary,Tommy,Cameron,Ken and our many other architect friends who would be green with envy at this fantastic opportunity.

I would go so far as to say it is worth lobbying the City Gallery to see if they could host the exhibition in Wellington, it is that good.

Following this exhibition Megs and I hit the tarmac on the retro style cruiser bikes provided free of charge to Orbit In guests. Our plan was to ride to many of our favourite architectural spots from yesterdays tour and dwell a little longer and take pictures, good plan aside from the 95 degree heat (I think this is about 33 celcius).

In the end we got as far as the Kauffman house and were so hot and bothered by then that we bailed on the plan. But we really got a much better look at this wonderful place, bravely ignoring the "No Trespassing- Armed Response" sign, we snuck up to the front gate, and got a glimpse of the famous pool and a much better look at the house.

Then it was back to the pool for Orbitini Hour and much pleasant conversation with the other extremelly convivial guests.

Right O time to turn in now, a 380 mile drive to Vegas is on the cards tomorrow so I need my beauty sleep.

Go young black cap Tim Southee who today can be proud of his individual effort in a dismal team performance.

hope this post finds you all well

love hudsie