JOSHUA TREE / DESERT X 2025

Enjoying the artwork The Living Pyramid by Agnes Denes as part of Desert X 2025 from under the canopy of Palo Verde. At Sunnylands.

Today was Sunday, our second full day of vacation, but our first full day in Palm Springs. We arrived yesterday evening after a full day of driving, picking up Danny in LA and then visiting with mom in Riverside where we helped out with a few household things and a few digital tasks. Saturday was a pretty successful day except that well left the drill charger in Riverside.

We had lunch in Riverside and made it to Palm Springs in time to go for a swim and settle in and even make a late evening journey to the Ace Hotel for a drink by the pool. We walked over there to get the last of our steps.

Today we headed over to the Desert X Hub after a delicious lunch of smash burgers at Heyday. We picked up a few souvenirs and quickly departed for the nearest artworks that weren’t obscured by the ongoing sand storm just to the north of the city. It was a good day, but I’ll have to do a better recap tomorrow as I’m falling asleep writing this today. Here are a few photos…

Of course we rounded out the outside time with ice cream and later, Mario Kart!