WILDFLOWER TREK TO ANZA BORREGO

WITH THE PROMISE OF AN EPIC WILDFLOWER SHOW, WE HEADED OUT TO  CALIFORNIA’S LARGEST STATE PARK: ANZA BORREGO. TAKING THE DESERT ROUTE, WE HIT 60 MPH WINDS, NOT FUN WHEN YOU ARE PULLING A TRAILER. THE WINDS HOWLED INTO THE NIGHT AND THE POOR WILDFLOWERS WERE SUFFERING. WEREN’T SURE WHAT WE WOULD FIND THE NEXT DAY WHEN CALM RETURNED.
OUT IN HENDERSON CANYON, THE COLORS WERE SHOWING AND BESIDES LOVELY FLOWERS, WE WERE GREETED BY HUNDREDS OF CATERPILLARS, THE SPHINX MOTH.

MOVING ON WE VISITED SOME OF THE BEAUTIFUL STATUES CREATED BY ARTIST RICARDO BRECEDA. THERE ARE A FEW HUNDRED SCATTERED ABOUT GALLETA MEADOWS, LAND OWNED BY THE LATE DENNIS AVERY.

AFTER A FUN JAUNT IN THE DESERT, THERE WAS ONLY ONE THING TO DO: CACTUS MARGARITAS ON THE LOVELY PATIO OF POBLITOS.

PALM CANYON RV RESORT & HOTEL IS A GREAT PLACE TO STAY. THERE ARE PREMIUM RV SITES, VINTAGE TRAILERS FOR RENT AND HOTEL ROOMS. ALSO TWO POOLS AND HOT TUBS, A RESTAURANT WITH OUTSIDE PATIO. WE HAD DINNER AT THE HOTEL AND ONE NIGHT COOKED IN THE GROUP AREA WITH A BIG BON FIRE.



ZOE LED A SING-ALONG AROUND THE FIRE. WE ALL ENJOYED OUR CARNE ASADA –

HAD A FOND FAREWELL BUT NOT UNTIL A JAUNT TO THE APPLE PIE TOWN OF JULIAN.
ON OUR WAY HOME WE SPENT A NIGHT AT THE PALA RV PARK & CASINO. FROM OUR CAMPSITE ALAN SNAPPED PHOTOS OF A WESTERN BLUEBIRD.