good hike

it was quite a hike.
took almost 3 hours.
but we tend to stop a lot, to see birds, wild plants and flowers, and wowed to the view and everything.

the pic is a view of palm spring city below.

then....

thunder storm!!
it was still far away, and luckily we didn't get caught.
but we saw lots of lightenings!
ran into park rangers, and we were told to hurry back to the tram station.

blue blue sky from 8500 ft

breathtakingly gorgeous...

Up to the mountains

we took a tram in the morning, up to San Jacinto state park, 8500 ft.
much cooler there, still 75 or so.
and did some hiking.

i'm so into hiking these days, so wherever i go, i do some research on

1 healthy vegetarian restaurants/cafes
2 hiking trails

and glad that i found this park : )

Rainbow in Palm Springs

we had a record high temperture while in PS.
more than 115!!
normally, it's super dry, but we had some thunder storm.
then this in the evening.....
rainbow in the sunset...

vietnamese wrap

my friend ordered this vietnamese wrap.
inside is brown rice and lots of veggies.
the sauce was some sort of nutty creamy one.
another great choice : )

rice bowl

lots of steamed veggies and fried (sort of like cajun style) tempeh on top.
fabulous!!
so glad that i have found this place!