California

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.