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Show o aces mary a w4 rmSas iniiir by Horace Sutton NOT SINCE and picnic tables for set up under the newly planted palms. COOTS and ducks have found the surface of Lake Cahuilla to be a nifty gliding pond and the waters have been stocked with such residents as rainbow irrigated the Negev and brought forth oranges; not since Vegas built saloons at the edge of the cactus has there been a desert as damp as this Southern California oasis of wall-to-wa- ll Palm Springs. The wet desert that is supposed to be as dry as a Sahara dune has over 4,000 swimming holes, a waterfall, a spa that bubbles hot water, a brand new beach resort, and a sea that is more than 35 miles long and 12 miles wide. Walk out on the desert wastes a few miles south of Palm Springs, Calif., and you can pick up a handful shells left of periwinkle over from the days when this land was a sea floor. And even some of the canyon rocks are etched with the high water marie of a sea that is long since receded. The newest wet look in deserts is a stretch of state owned playground called Lake Cahuilla Park. Named for the Indians who inhabited these parts when the Spaniards arrived, the park e features a lake. Here in the middle of the desert, there is a beach where the palefaces can seek the sun, a swimming area manned by a lifeguard, trout, black crappie, large! mouth bass, bluegill sunfish and redear sunfish. Any western Walton can sit on a tiered amphitheater and cast for fish. ;, There is a jetty for and the day I was by to inspect this inland sea- - nib-ble- rs ti'e Israelis boat-men'- shore, a lone sailboat was making lazy circles within the shadow of the mountains and the palms. Perhaps even a coyote, hidden from public view, was watching the spectacle, albeit with some perplexity. THE WATER is a cool 54 1 3 - rj,, yr-w- v t V- fr , , V" k vV r r , There is, a Salton Riviera, a Salton Sea Beach Marina, and any number of places, there in the middle of the desert, to buy a bucket of bait. Copyright GRAND EUROPEAN TOUR May 23 thru June 20 9 Countries Completely escorted $1,533.00 HAWAII TOURS Escorted monthly by Merrill. 4 Islands $520 April 16, May 14, June 4 & - jK' , I ' i ALASKA See f? - TOUR Alaska km for all its worth. 4 s' s'. degrees in this season, but in the summer it bubbles up to 97, which is bath water temperature to anyone who is not a Nome Eskimo. In the Coachella area, four miles south of La Quinta, this Atlantic City of the arid lands is by no means the only seashore here in the wet desert. Travel south further towards the Salton Sea and one comes upon some curious signs. Desert Sea Ranch, for example, or Desert Beach Drive, a road that leads to Ski and Sea Drive-I- n (pastrami, tacos and thick shakes). July 15, Aug. 22 See everything close up. 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