California
2020 route
From Yuma we visited this ghost town and mine.
We had a nice walk in the desert.
Some of the ruins.
Our site in Palm Springs Thousand Trails.
Pickleball heaven in the Springs.
West of the Salton Sea is the town of Borrego Springs
surrounded by this state park.
The Visitor's Center is where we were introduced to the area
and the Sky Art Metal Sculptures.
The Juan Bautista de Anza NHT runs
through here along with a sculpture.
Some of the sculptures are inspired by fossils from the area.
Some inspired by the local history.
And some by whimsy.
This 350 foot serpent dives under a road, has the head of a dragon,
body of a serpent and the tail of a rattle snake.
It was the 129th sculpture installed.
We enjoyed a late lunch and margaritas after touring.
We cannot pass up a National Park!
A nice slow walk in the desert.
2003 Split Rock
2017 Split Rock
2020 Split Rock
Another short walk behind Split Rock.
Santa Rosa San Jacinto Mountain National Monument
is just outside Palm Desert and a beautiful drive into the mountains.
We traded date palm trees for eucalyptus trees when we
arrived in Wilderness Lakes TT, near Menifee.
Daily pickleball here.
A short hike to an obscure water fall in the
Cleveland National Forest.
We had a little rock scrambling to do.
Our site in Pio Pico TT near Jamul.
We enjoyed both palm and eucalyptus trees here
but no pickleball.
This is our great niece, Kendall.
We traveled over 2300 miles to have lunch
with her in Encinitas.
After lunch a visit to Moonlight State Beach.
We took the Old Town Trolley tour of San Diego.
This is in the Italian section of the tour.
We ended the tour in Old Town for
a late lunch, music, and gigantic margaritas.
