Howdy all. For those of you worried cuz I haven’t written for a few days, please don’t. If I wrote every day you’d be bored silly. That being said, I’m happy to check in and tell you where we are today. We finished up our time at Rio Bend and, albeit a little reluctant to leave, we headed out and onward. Our route took us NW and we ended up at Borrego Springs. The last couple times we were here we bunked in at the State Park and we’ll do that again on a future trip. But, this time we’re happily settled in at Holiday Homes RV Park which is less than a half mile from the State Park and short distances from the hiking trails and Visitors Centre. While here (which we are for two weeks) we have the use of a pool (warm) and a hot tub (warmer) and we have the desert at our back door…literally. A quick step through the shrubs at the back of our site and we’re on the desert floor surrounded by sand, rock, cacti, etc….all the desert has to offer. And, like so many desert locations, we have hot sun during the days and, almost immediately at the end of day, the temps drop to near freezing. Thank goodness Lucy has her little Cafrano heater that keeps the chill off overnight. I don’t want to leave without mentioning the coyotes. We know, from previous trips, to keep our wee Maddie on a leash when out and about, especially during early morning or late evening hours. But, it still sends a chill down ones back to hear them yipping and kayaying, obviously as a group, so close to camp. Yikes! Being fairly seasoned we always take these things into consideration and recognize there is more than one use for a stout walking stick :-)
Below you will find some photos (and there may be one at the start, only the iCloud Gods know for sure) so here are some photo explanations.
First, “The long road ahead… and this is an easy one…”, then
Miss Maddie found a friend when we visited the zoo.
CJ’s rather fond of these creatures (awesome metal art)
OK, there’s another one
The back yard of our current location
A few other creatures at the zoo…
The pool at our new digs
Kathy at the zoo (metal art creatures)
More zoo creatures
Stressed out Maddie (not) in her chair waiting to play
The sunset from the trails behind our place (pretty nice)
Hope you are all well and enjoying your own adventures. CJ
