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Romantic Weekends: Southern California

| January 01, 1997 | Murray, Louann | COPYRIGHT 1997 Hunter Publishing, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Salton Sea/Coachella Valley

(See also Indio/Indian Wells)

Is the Salton Sea romantic? Well, the area is certainly interesting. The Coachella Valley is a major date center, and dates are romantic, aren't they? All I can say is that we go there every year, but this place is not for everyone.

The Salton Sea, 35 miles long and 15 miles wide, is more saline than the ocean, and is almost as salty as the Great Lake in Utah. The surrounding area is agricultural fields and dry desert. Naturalists find it lovely, but it's an acquired taste. The Salton Sea is a man-made accident, formed when an irrigation canal collapsed in 1905. For a year and a half, ...

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