On Sunday, we visited Sunnylands, the Annenberg estate now used for high security retreats. We checked in at the visitor center which had a lot of displays and a video of the estate history. We had reservations for a tour of the main house on the estate. Our tour guide took our group of 7 to the estate house in an electric cart. No photography was allowed in the house. After the tour, we had nice lunch in the visitor center cafe, then walked around the public trails around the visitor center.
Ginger and Karen at Sunnylands
our tour guide Thalia and the cart we took from the visitor center to the estate house
pond by the golf course
view of the pool from the estate house
closeup of the pool with golf course in the background
Ginger in the rose garden
closeup of a rose
cycads behind the estate house
road runner we saw on the grounds
closeup of seed pod on a tree
solar panels powering the visitor center
visitor center front lobby
visitor center seating area
Karen inside the visitor center
view of the visitor center back patio
drought tolerant landscaping behind the visitor center
view of the mountains outside Palm Springs from the visitor center
meandering public trails
Ginger on replica of redwood bench presented to the president of China by
Barack Obama.