Good (but not too expensive) Places to Eat Palm Springs Area; Photos Near Quartzsite

[Richard K.]

Suggestions welcome! Leaving for my adventure by train a week today...:D

Also, any interesting photo ops off HWY 10 between Palm Springs and Phoenix? Say around Blythe or Quartzsite?

Thank you!! :)

[Vaughn]

Painted Canyon -- Take Box Canyon Road off of HWY 10 -- but this is closer to Palm Springs.

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Painted+Canyon,+CA&aq=4&sll=33.707205,-116.096306&sspn=0.161366,0.363579&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Painted+Canyon&ll=33.61176,-115.879669&spn=0.161546,0.363579&t=h&z=12

[Bob Salomon]

If you are going to be in Palm Springs there is a very unique camera store there called Cameras West. They stock view cameras down to the largest selection of Leica you will find anywhere. You might want to take a peak.

[John Kasaian]

Las Consuela's----the food is pricey but the maragritas are excellent!

[John Kasaian]

Shield's Date Gardens IIRC has a lunch counter. The date milkshakes aren't to be missed! Low bucks fun at a circa 1920's roadside attraction!

[Don7x17]

Suggestions welcome! Leaving for my adventure by train a week today...:D

Also, any interesting photo ops off HWY 10 between Palm Springs and Phoenix? Say around Blythe or Quartzsite?

Thank you!! :)

Richard
Quartzite is played out - its just an open expanse of desert used by RVers.
Blythe? Quartzite it is better. The best thing about this region is KOFA -- a palm oasis half-way to Yuma that requires some canyoneering to see adequately. I was there in 1988 - interesting....
Keep traveling west.
Take a side trip to Corn Springs. An oasis in the desert - 60 fan palms, some water, deep canyon, search for the petroglyphs. Take the Chuckwalla Valley Rd (Corn Springs exit), about a mile east, then turn southabout 10 miles. Don't go if raining - the road is in the canyon. Good camping at the Oasis.

[sara_criss]

can any body guide me where to find this place???????????wild guess