That's me dressed for dinner in the desert at Marriott's Palm Desert at Shadow Ridge. You start out warm in the desert thus the sleeves and cool shoes and skirt, but it's always good to have a sweater to put on after the sun goes down...it can get cool very quickly in the desert. We were heading out that evening, though we generally fixed our meals in since we had a full kitchen. (it's the day for D in the A-Z challenge)
Looking from the living room into the dining room and kitchen beyond with the door on left where you enter.
You can eat in the kitchen or on the nicely sized patio/balcony as we did most nights. The balcony is large enough to accommodate 4 at the table and has a chaise lounge for relaxing during the day.
It's easy to prepare a fabulous meal like the steak, grilled potatoes and veggies and bread with the convenience of the grills between most buildings. Nice view too. We often would have the prep done, take it with our cocktails down to the grill and enjoy the sun setting over the mountains while we were cooking dinner.
You know you're in the desert by the abundance of cactus, and in some cases pretty cactus flowers.
Master suite has nice king bed, and soak tube with bathroom and shower area beyond.
Living room with entrance onto the balcony with a sleeper queen sofa if you need more sleeping space beyond the quest suite/2nd bedroom.
The quest room/2nd bedroom is queen/king (can't remember) with sleeper sofa, small table on the right, kitchenette which is where I was standing to take this photo. It too has an entrance to a balcony..a separate one with table for 2. The two bedrooms are separated by the common areas, kitchen, dining room, and living room. Very nice with 2 balcony's in case everyone in your party doesn't get up at the same time.
Fun sculptures throughout the landscaping that serve again to remind you that you're in the desert. The kids loved sitting on them.
Colorful Mosaic ones too.
Kids also can enjoy the miniature golf course, or adults can practice their putting.
Jack Rabbits common desert wild life are abundant in late afternoon and early evening.
Awesome place to play golf...not though for the faint at hard. Look at the area hubby's in...grass up to his knees. The greens are nicely manicured, but if you're off the greens....again you're reminded you're in the desert.
Beautiful grounds the course in the middle with the villas/condo's on each side; but you can see it's a wide open area, not crowded. I was laying down on the ground to see what the ball sees, when I took this photo lol.
A wonderful resort, we've been there several times and always enjoyed ourselves. Take HUGE amounts of sun-screen regardless of what season you go.
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#5, mixing up number, start with 506
I like the desert in pictures, not so much in person. Well, at least not in the warm months.
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