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Volume 65 | Number 30
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Explore the Desert Wilderness Joshua Tree National Park Characterized by its huge rock formations and immense Joshua tree forest, the national park lies where the Mojave Desert meets the low Colorado Desert. Hike through the trails that weave through the Hidden Valley, travel to Keys View and look out over the Coachella Valley or bring your rock climbing equipment and scale some of the most interesting geological formations in the California desert. nps.gov/jotr South Lykken Trail 4.4 miles with an elevation of just over 1,000 feet. The north end of the trail starts at the west end of Mesquite Road, just south of downtown Palm Springs off South Palm Canyon Drive. There is no parking at the trailhead, but street parking is available. The hike is pretty strenuous for the first mile or so and then it levels off and one gets a great view of the Indian Canyons golf courses and South Palm Canyon communities. It is a beautiful hike and ends along South Palm Canyon Drive towards Indian Canyon. You will need to have vehicles at both ends. Clara Burgess Trail 4.4 miles round trip with an elevation of 1,339 feet. The trail is the only route to the summit of Murray Hill, a prominent conical peak just south of Palm Springs. It is best seen when heading south on Gene Autry Trail and, although it
• “Cenosillicaphobia” is the fear of an empty beer glass. (Use this one to impress your friends during Happy Hour.) • Turning back the giant hands on Big Ben’s four clock faces takes an astonishing total of five hours.
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1. COMICS: In which comic-book series was the character of Wendy the Good Little Witch introduced? 2. GEOGRAPHY: Which is the flattest U.S. state? South Lykken Trail
is only a couple miles to the peak, it is strenuous with a steep incline. Amboy Crater A hiking trail winds to the rim with rest stations along the way. If you make it to the top, you’ll see the breach where lava poured out over 24 square miles, creating a landscape of dried lava lakes, collapsed lava tubes and sinks, spatter cones and massive flows of basalt. This can be a dangerous area. Don’t venture out in the heat, bring a gallon of water per person per day and hike with a partner. Crater Road eight miles off National Trails Highway. blm.gov/ visit/amboy-crater Bump and Grind Trail 3 mile loop with an elevation rise of 523 feet. This trail is probably the most popular trail in the desert and is frequented by exercisers
• Alexandre Dumas, best known for “The Three Musketeers” and “The Count of Monte Cristo,” felt very strongly that all his works must be presented on colored paper. He wanted all his fiction presented on blue paper, his articles on pink paper and his poetry on yellow paper. • Golf balls were originally made from dried cow eyeballs. • Ancient Romans created black hair dye by fermenting leeches in vinegar.
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who start behind Desert Crossings shopping center on Painters Path in Palm Desert. Randall Henderson Trail 2.4 mile loop with a gently rising elevation change of 423 feet. This easy trail offers a good introduction to desert hiking for the novice. It starts and ends at the National Monument Visitor Center in Palm Desert on Highway 74. Check the Visitor Center for guided hikes during the winter season. Lake Cahuilla Just six miles from Old Town La Quinta, the 710-acre park at the foothills of the Santa Rosa Mountains offers a great outdoor family day with hiking, coupled with a host of recreational selections ranging from shore fishing to horseback riding.
• The tea bag was an accidental invention. In 1908, tea merchant Thomas Sullivan distributed his samples in small silken sacks. His customers, not realizing they were samples, dunked them in hot water, and Sullivan soon found himself swamped with orders for his “tea bags”! • In his travels, Marco Polo believed at one point that he had stumbled across unicorns, writing that “They are very ugly brutes to
3. U.S. PRESIDENTS: Which president installed the first telephone in the White House? 4. LITERATURE: Which attorney was introduced in the novel “The Case of the Velvet Claws”? 5. HISTORY: Who opened the first birth control clinic in the United States in 1916? 6. SCIENCE: Which element is graphite made entirely of? 7. MOVIES: Which movie featured the famous line, “I’m gonna make him an offer he can’t refuse”? 8. MUSIC: Which two country stars released a 1978 song called “You’re the Reason Our Kids Are Ugly”? 9. TELEVISION: What was the name of the inn on the “Newhart” comedy series? 10. MEASUREMENTS: Ten inches of snow generally equal how many inches of rain? © 2020 King Features Synd., Inc. ANSWER TO TRIVIA ON PAGE 9
look at. They are not at all such as we describe unicorns.” Not surprising, considering that he was actually viewing rhinoceroses. • The game of marbles is estimated to be about 5,000 years old. Through most of their history, the toys were made of stone, bone, clay or whatever material was available, with truly round marbles being both rare and expensive. (c) 2020 King Features Synd., Inc.