Monday, April 4, 2011

Assignment #6

On my Springs Break my mother and I headed off to Palm Springs for a week of relaxation in the sun. My grandparents live down there half of the year because they don't really like the cold during winter in Osoyoos. One of the things that surprised me a lot when i got there was that it is literally in the middle of no where, with rugged mountains surrounding the city on each side. Palm Springs is located in the plain below. As we drove down the streets towards my grandparents trailer park i also noticed that all the buildings werent that high at all. The only taller building I saw was a casino way down the plain, my mother and I both assumed that they had to have some band on building higher than three stories in the city.

Palm Springs is located in California and is home to some of the most natural lemon tree's around. The city literally smells like lemons and hot air. It would be a great place to retire to just like my grandparents friends had. The city is mostly full of elders and very few younger people but the atmosphere is pleasant and people are very kind there.

We spent majority of the time lounging around the pool, eating old people food (bran muffins) and walking around. My grandparents took us out to one of the golf course neighborhoods, this is where all the extremely rich people live in Palm Springs. The community is surrounded by many gold courses with little houses nestled in between the grasses, all of the places are held together so very perfectly.

Another great thing i encountered on my vacation was thrift stores. I have always loved thrift stores because they have really great stuff that people seem to find bad and they give them to the shop owner. When i move out all the things that i find in the thrift store are going to go into my home. I got a couple sweaters from Universities i don't go to (for the laughs) and some cool knick knacks here and there that are treasurable. They say that someone's just is someone else's treasure.

Overall i had a really relaxing vacation and did not much but sleep and eat. It was well worth the time that i needed.