Very few people who visit Palm Springs will ever see the nearby Indian canyons . That's too bad. Most visitors come in the winter time to warm up in the desert. The canyons are especially inviting in the summertime, when the original Indian tribes would leave the desert valley to cool down .
Year 'round, the canyons are open to the public. But it seems that most folks driving or flying to Palm Springs have come to play in or just lay around all the swimming pools, or play golf or tennis. Or visit the hundreds of fine
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Palm Springs Mt. Gorgonio towers over the bustling city of Palm Springs. In mid-April...
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The valley Just a few miles away from Palm Springs, the road climbs up to the main canyon.
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Canyon mouth This canyon is 15 miles long and contains more than 3,000 of this kind...
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Long lived Some of these palm trees can reach 200 years in age.
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The trading post here has the usual supply of maps, books, jewelry,...
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Boulders Hundreds of years ago, a group of Shoshone Indians lived here. Then...
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Quite a change from the desert valley just a few miles below.
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Dangerous A beautiful flower , but a very poisonous plant.
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A river runs through it.
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Cool waters The first time visitor is amazed at scenes like this, so close to the desert...
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Hikers We hiked about an hour, but there are many trails nearby that can take bolder...
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More palms The Indians had a comfortable way of life, living in these cool...
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Wildlife This is the only critter we found down in the canyon.
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Hawk Happily, the hawk didn't see the lizard. But perhaps it thought we...
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Our tribal ranger.
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Storyteller Rocky proudly told us the story of this area and the people who lived here so...
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When you think of Palm Springs, you just don't think of waterfalls.
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If it were only 50 years ago, and this pool was just a few hundred...
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But I never did catch a fish so close to palm trees.
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See those cactus buds?
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Here's a closer look.
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A ten minute drive took us into Andreas Canyon.
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Andreas Canyon has more of these palm trees than any place in the...
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This 40 foot upheaval is known as the Pestle, where Indian women pounded and...
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The whole story about these rocks.
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