One would be hard pressed not to see the tall dinosaur off the I-10 freeway.  In fact, there were a couple of them.  I first saw a picture of these dinosaurs from the language arts textbook my students used in school. I was teaching third grade back then.  I didn't realize I would see them on our way to Palm Springs. They were definitely a good opportunity for a quick photo op.

It looks very life like, doesn't it?

Another reptile next to the gigantic dinosaurs of Cabazon, California

Close to these dinosaurs is the Morongo Casino Resort ad Spa.  Marc and I went inside to gamble a little bit but we ended up leaving the place after five minutes since it was just so packed with gamblers, tourists, and other visitors.  Even their fast food court was extremely busy.  "Good for the casino", I thought.  We ended up just taking pictures of the building as it did look impressive.

The Morongo Casino Hotel Resort and Spa

Get a load of this architecture.  Pretty impressive.

Although I don't have any pictures of the place to upload on this blog, the Desert Hills Premium Outlets Cabazon is well worth a visit should one be on the way to Palm Springs from Los Angeles and vice versa.  While I am not particularly a fan of outlets stores since merchandise sold in these places are still pretty expensive, a bargain can still be had.  I did enjoy myself going shopping, though minimally, in one of my favorite stores in the world for leather goods, TUMI.

We went there twice to browse and browse some more.  I tell you one thing, hordes of Chinese tourists from Mainland China were plentiful and they were shopping like there was no tomorrow.  We even saw one fill a huge empty luggage with goods he had purchased in the outlets like COACH, Burberry, and the like.  The whole scene reminded me of what the Chinese lady passenger I sat next to on the flight from San Francisco to Beijing told me last December.  The Chinese do shop in the US now for the same branded goods made in their own country due to their affordability in the US than in Beijing.