DAY 4 - JUNE 26, 2010 -CAL STATE UNIVERSITY-NORTHRIDGE (CSUN) AND PALM BEACH, CALIFORNIA

Today everyone woke up early to get an early breakfast and then catch the bus to California State University at Northridge (CSUN) for a 10:00 am tour. CSUN is a university which serves 36,000 students and serves 200 students who are deaf or hard of hearing. CSUN is also a site for the National Center on Deafness and well known for its services for students who are deaf or hard of hearing. The students received a tour of the campus and saw many of the unique aspects of the campus including a functional citrus grove of limes and oranges and a tropical walking zone. At 11:00 am at the end of the tour, we all got on the bus and headed to Palm Springs, California. After a two hour drive, we arrived in Palm Springs, took pictures of the windmill farms and then took the Palm Springs Aerial Tramway to the top of Mount St. Jacinto. The tram ride was a bit frightening since the tram took us up to the elevation of 8,900 feet. Once we arrived at the top, we did some shopping at the gift shops and ate supper at the mountaintop before heading down. Everyone returned to the hotel to do some shopping in downtown Palm Springs or to swim at the hotel pool. Tomorrow we begin our journey to the Grand Canyon by heading to Williams, Arizona.