We spent a week in Indio California (the Palm Springs Area). Our friends, Amanda and Jeremy, spent Saturday afternoon to Monday evening with us. While they were there we went to the Living Desert, a zoo with animals from African and American deserts. Later in the week we took a drive to Huntington Beach California. Abby got her first taste of the ocean. Throughout the rest of the week we mostly relaxed at the resort and used the pool. We went to a few street bazars and visited a couple of places in the surrounding areas. We never actually went into Palm Springs, but all of the area was pretty much the same. It was very beautiful. Everything was manicured and clean. It was extremely hot though, hotter than vegas even. On Sunday we went to a park to see a Hollocaust memorial, the heat was just too much so we went back to the resort and spent a few hours at the pool. Following are several pictures we took during our trip.
On Saturday morning we went to a street fair at the local college. Apparently it is a big deal during the cooler months. There were not too many people or venders there that day though. We got free snow cones though. Abby had a few pieces of ice and thought they were very cold, but she still ate them.
Here Abby is hanging out with the giraffes. She was very happy to see the animals and had a big grin on her face for a few minutes.
There was a little petting zoo with goats and sheep. We took Abby in there. She liked looking at the animals, but we wouldn't let her touch them because she puts her hands in her mouth. They were very friendly animals. They kept coming up to us and looking at her. Like she was the one on display and they were lucky enough to get to see her.
Adam and Abby are sitting on a statue of a camel outside the camel exhibit.
A close up shot of one of the camels. Our camera has 12X optical zoom, which really allowed us to get close pictures of several of the animals.
Just looking around.
Amanda and Jeremy taking a rest.
Abigail fell asleep half way through the zoo. Adam was disappointed that this picture wasn't better. He said it was such a cute moment and the camera just didn't capture it.
Adam carried Abby through the zoo while she slept to make sure she stayed cool and shaded.
A family shot. You can see the cheetah moving in the background. We didn't notice that he moved until we viewed the pictures later. The only thing any of us saw him do was lay in the shade.
And there he is just laying in the shade.
Adam became an Adamfly.
Adam and Abby spent some time playing in the ocean together. She loves to go swimming in the pool and she loves her baths. She wasn't a huge fan of the cold water, but she was quite happy to play in it all the same.
Mommy and Abby having some fun in the sun.In this video Adam and Abby were playing in the ocean. Hopefully you can see what happened. Click play and choose 480p or 720p to get the good quality video.
Abby getting warmed up and comfy after playing in the ocean.
Adam wanted me to burry him in the sand. So I did. Then he ran in to the ocean to clean himself off. Got a good dunking and lost his glasses. Quite a horrible thing since he does not have another pair. We ordered some as soon as we got back to Vegas but they could take a week or two to get back. Until then Adam cannot drive. This is going to make for a few interesting weeks since Adam has to go to UNLV for classes and I have to go to work.
Abby staying warm at the beach. It cooled to the 70s in the evening and we wanted to keep her from getting too cold.
We rented one of those beach bikes you see families riding in and took a sunset ride. Abby slept the whole way.
Adam took this picture of the sun setting while we were taking our ride. 
Family picture at the end of our ride.
We took a walk after our ride and I thought the moon looked pretty. So we took a few pictures and tried to capture its beauty. Didn't work, but it's still a neat picture.
We bought Abby this gym while we were on our trip. She just loves playing with it. Adam put the musical monkey at her feet so when she kicks with her feet she turns it on. She realized she was doing that and just went crazy with her feet.
All that playing made her tired. She just fell asleep on the mat.
She loves to stare at herself in the mirror on her swing.
Adam and Abigail playing together.
Abigail has gotten very strong. She doesn't mind being on her tummy too much anymore because she can push herself up and look around if she wants to. See the video below.
