{"id":2567,"date":"2013-12-21T21:15:00","date_gmt":"2013-12-21T21:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mywalkabout.net\/2013\/12\/21\/finding-an-oasis-in-the-indian-canyons"},"modified":"2022-10-26T06:15:25","modified_gmt":"2022-10-26T13:15:25","slug":"finding-an-oasis-in-the-indian-canyons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mywalkabout.net\/?p=2567","title":{"rendered":"finding an Oasis in the Indian Canyons"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Winter has come early to the place I call home, bitter cold temperatures, heaps of snow and ice covering everything in Christmas white. It’s a good look for the Holidays, but I needed a weekend away in the desert.<\/p>\n

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The Indian Canyons<\/a>\u00a0in Palm Springs are a good place for easy hiking in the warm California winter sun. One can search for a hidden Oasis without worry of finding belly crawling serpents.<\/p>\n

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As luck would have it, the canyons just re-opened from a disastrous flash flood that wrecked havoc a few weeks earlier. Nature wiped the canvas clean and started a new landscape of art among the rocks and palm trees.<\/p>\n

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In the cloudless blue sky you can faintly hear the music of the Native Americans that call this sacred land home. Flute notes dance among the cacti and palm fronds.<\/p>\n

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Waterfalls and small pools open for reflection of both beauty and introspection.<\/p>\n

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I take the time to appreciate both as the sun sets over the mountains.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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