Molly's Blog: 4th of July in Palm Springs

This past weekend we decided to road trip to Palm Springs. Neither of us had been there before so we wanted to go check it out.

We woke up Friday morning and got all of our stuff packed and were out ther door by 9AM. It only takes about 2 1/2 hours to get there so the drive wasn't bad at all. Diggy LOVED looking at the scenery. He was so cute!

We knew it was going to be hot there, but I don't know we knew HOW HOT it would be. The temperature was around 110 degrees at noon and the forecast called for it to still be 94 degrees at 9PM. I think that made Adam a bit nervous (and me super happy :), but all we planned to do was sit around our hotel pool anyways. The setup was awesome. All of the chairs around the pool had these mist spouts over you, so it really didn't feel that bad. Also, there was a poolside bar there to supply some refreshing cocktails if anyone was too thirsty :)

That night we went to explore the town. There were lots of cute little shops (Adam finally got new tennis shoes that he has honestly been saying he needed since we started dating) and lots of places to go to eat and drink.

We started out at a tapas bar for a drink and an appetizer. There was a whole big patio outside that was really neat and it was really crowded and fun. The crowd was so funny though. Us, a few other straight couples, and mainly gay men who wanted to befriend us. Needless to say, we made some "friends", had a really good appetizer, and had some yummy drinks!

We decided to eat at this Mexican restaurant that was really neat and had an hour wait. My theory is that if there is a long wait that is a good sign because if people are willing to wait long enough, there must be something worth waiting for. It was worth waiting for, the patio was huge and awesome with a big stage and a band. By the time we got seated though it was 9PM and by the time we ate the food, we both felt so stuffed that we decided to go home. Neither of us could even finish our Margarita, that's how full we were (I had never seen Adam not finish his drink, haha). We decided that from now on, anytime we actually plan on "going out on the town" for the night (which isn't very often nowadays), Mexican won't be part of the mixture! It's a whole separate activity!

It was good that we didn't stay out too late and didn't drink too much though. We got up at a decent time and walked around, got some coffee, and ate breakfast. The little downtown area is just surrounded by mountains and it's so pretty.