Day 39 – February 13 – Saturday

We picked Deanie and Bill up at their Motorhome in Banning and went to Billy Reed’s in Palm Springs for breakfast. Then we went to the Palm Springs Rotating Tram for a ride to the top of the San Jacinto Mountains. This is an incline of 2 ½ miles in 10 minutes, from 2500 ft to 8600 ft. We went from 76 degrees to 36 degrees in that same 10 minute time frame. The Tram makes two complete rotations on the trip up and on the trip back down.

We got some real neat pictures of all the snow, but didn’t see any wildlife. When we bought our tickets the clerk told us we would have a 2 hour wait. As it turned out, we had a 3 hour and 15 minute wait. They usually have 500 people a day. Today they had 3000 people.

While we were waiting to get on the Tram for the decline a group of Park Employees wheeled a young boy in that had broken his leg while sledding. We had to wait for him and the Park Employees to board the Tram before we were allowed to enter. We also watched as security handcuffed a young woman who was a bit too inebriated and was causing quite a ruckus. She wanted to know why they were not arresting her husband. When we got to the bottom of the mountain the Cops were waiting to take her to jail.

After the Tram trip we went back to Billy Reed’s for a Valentine Dinner consisting of Prime Rib, Shrimp Scampi, Baked Sweet Potato, steamed veggies, soup, salad and dessert. Today was a very relaxing and enjoyable day.