So at the last week of July we started our road trip to Portland. Patrick is on assignment for 4 months and I will just take easy and enjoy the city and the north. We drove five days crossing California to Oregon, and our first stop is the Saguaro Hotel in Palm Spring, CA. I love this boutique hotel and their colorful poolside so much; my only question was why the weather was still so hot although we were 5 hours away from Arizona (110˚F/43˚C)? :-(