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Art Park Walking (11/28/23)

After Bob and I descended from atop the tramway, we headed to Palm Desert, California. The Palm Springs area contains a number of communities, and Palm Desert is another city in the Coachella Valley that is approximately 14 miles east of Palm Springs. It has a population of over 51,000, and has the reputation of being a higher end, flashier version of Palm Springs.

We were headed to the Civic Center Park to walk the public art trail. The Civic Center Park is a 70 acre park that is home to the city of Palm Desert municipal offices as well as recreational and sports amenities, five picnic pavilions, an amphitheater, two skate parks, and a dog park, along with the art walk. It is one of the most beautiful parks we have ever visited.

Looking across one of the great lawns of the park
The first sculpture called Today in the Legends Field area of the park. Baseball, anyone?
The lane pool and water park within the park
One of the pavilions and a volleyball court
The mother and child sculpture garden
One view of the Holocaust Memorial
The Dreamer by David Phelps
Messenger of the Puul by Curt Mattson
Coyote benchmark in the foreground and what appears to be a fisherman is actually a statue called Midstream by J. Seward Johnson
There was an indoor exhibit on the history of Palm Desert,
which is only 50 years old this year
Danseur statue by Jean-Louis Corby
Desert Dessert by Michael Anderson

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