The Journey is the Jewel

Thanksgiving Weekend Trip to AZ.

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The Riviera in Palm Springs

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A lovely lounge, plenty of room to sit privately and visit with the ones you love....

The London Bridge- Havasu City, CA.

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We stayed along the Colorado River over Thanksgiving weekend in our RV and visited the old 1831 London Bridge.
It was larger than I imagined it would be, beautiful old stones layer upon layer. There is a great little brewry close by called "Barley Brothers Brewery" and a great mexican restaurant called "Javelina's" both sit along the river's edge. There is a nice walking trail along the water and no gate fee to enter. A few little shops too along the way.

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Octillo Wells Jaunt

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Octillo Wells, CA.

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We camped on the edge of a beautiful canyon in Octillo Wells, so peaceful; we had the whole place to ourselves. Sippin' some fine wine, a little BBQ and watching the sunset over the canyon. :-)

A Beautiiful Morning in Palm Springs, CA.

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The San Jacinto Mountain range on the south end of Palm Canyon Drive.

Dad's Saloon

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Brittany & I before we drove home.

Oh the Things These Two Do to Amuse Themselves...

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I like to call them our "Get Rid of Stress Hats"

A Jaunt to Laguna

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to the Sawdust Festival with my silly and adorable hubby!!! I love him so much.

Reunion

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These pictures just makes me laugh... :-)

Grandpa's New Fish Socks

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From Brittany :-) We met Grandma & Grandpa for breakfast before leaving Chico that morning.

Family Reunion in Chico- Sunday 7-31-2011

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It was also my Father-in-laws Birthday. We drove the RV down from Mom and Dad's house. Brittany caught a flight home to Portland from Sacramento the next day. We drove home to Palm Springs the following day with Lily & Cottie.
The drive was fine other than running over an aluminum ladder that we simply could not dodge... I'll never forget the sound of it hitting the underside of the RV " KaBAMMMMMMM!!" not sure if the hummer we were pulling hit it too. Suprisingly we couldn't find any damage after checking our rig. I was pretty shaken over it, earlier on my way down Lisa & I just missed a large tool box that was sitting in our lane in San Bernadino on our way down. A man ran out in front of her motorhome and grabbed it in the nick of time, as we slammed on the brakes, I really thought we were going to go into a skid. It's hard telling what you'll find laying in the middle of a freeway lane in So. California. After that, I was ready to get off the freeway and out of the motorhome for a while... Too many unpleasant surprises, which we seem to have alot of lately with the RV.

Gramma's Memorial Balloon Release

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Day Community Hall
Day, CA. Saturday 7-30-2011

Gramma Nettie's Memorial 7-30-2011

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My beloved Grandmother passed on July 10, 2011 at 8:50pm in Fall River Mills, CA. my hometown. She was 98 years old.
I last time I spoke to her was on the 4th of July, our parting words to each other were I love you... She was so much a part of my life growing up, she meant the world to me. I'm so thankful to have had her as my Grandma.
My sister and I drove up North together to help family prepare for her memorial services at the Day Hall. It turned out really beautiful. We inflated approx. 200 balloons with helium and shared a balloon release with everyone who came in honor of a great woman. Brittany, my daughter filmed it in the video clip, it was a beautiful tribute to her, as the balloons rose up and floated away to the east, someone said "look she's going back to Lookout".

San Jacinto Mtns. in Palm Springs, CA.

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Disney's Light Show

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We spent the evening watching the 2nd showing of the "World of Color" light show inside California Adventure Park. It was magnificent, brilliant colors, special effects and the energy of the water was amazing.

Disney's California Adventure Park

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We spent a couple nights in Anaheim recently ringing in our daughter's 21st Birthday. Staying at the "Anaheim Resort RV Park" worked out great. They have a shuttle that leaves every 20 minutes to the Disney District which is approximately a mile and a half from the RV Park. It runs until around midnight. The office staff were very friendly, they allowed my sister to check in at 9:00am since the spot we reserved for her was vacant. Check in is normally at 1:00pm.

Morro Bay

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Beautiful little coastal town close to Santa Barbara. The Red Trolly is a great way to get around town to the Morro Bay shopping district and to view Morro Bay Rock aka " My Es Vedra".

Morro Bay, CA.

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Beautiful San Clemente Coast

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RVing at Lake Cahuilla

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Spent part of last week at Lake Cahuilla, an ancient lake/reservoir on the South end of La Quinta in the Salton Trough. We stayed in the equestrian camping zone which is in a cove down a dusty road and a bit out of the way for group camping. We met a nice couple there with a few horses and listened to the trumpets play at sun down from the boy scout camp. One other large celebration was going that night, alot happy people out there! You must check out the great hiking trails, it's really beautiful in the morning.

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Take in the awesome line up of bands playing this year at the Joshua Tree Music Fest

And We're Off!

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We headed out on a weekend trip, took Lily & Cottie with us. Lily rides in my lap and Cottie sleeps the whole time in her bed on the floor next to my chair. Cottie is 13 now and slowing way down. This trip was the first time that she needed help getting up the stairs into the RV, she's really showing her age now, my poor sweet Pug.

We stayed near Cajun Pass, CA. close to Rancho Cucamonga and woke up to head out to a local resevoir on Hwy. 15. The road showed to be decent from the map and there were no signs posted about the dangerously narrow and curvy road we embarked on. It was a flipping nightmare.... Traffic was crazy and we had to cut corners to manage alot of the turns. After about 5 miles we found a small turn out and walked it off several times to see if we could turn this 40ft. ship around. It was a tight squeeze and I had a major panick attack while Hubby got this beast turned around and pointed in the right direction. This is the part of RVing that I don't care for, but we seem to manage to get ourselves in a "Tight Spot" at least once a year. Whew! Hopefully that will count for 2010.

A Good Morning...

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San Jacinto Mountain Range

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Palm Springs Winter Wonderland

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This is my kind of winter...... I love you Palm Springs!

Meet Lily Houdini

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The new addition to our family, she is an 8 mo. old Fox Terrier cross that I adopted from Animal Samaritans animal shelter. She can be a bit of a wild child when she's ready for a walk but all in all great dog and incredibly smart.
Too smart, she has figured out how to open the latch on her crate, I've even tried string and another latch and she's managed to open it, hence her new middle name :-)

Cute cute artist bench at the Art Affair

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Rancho Mirage, CA.

A Day at Mount Piscah

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Our little Oregonians showed us around the outskirts of Eugene. We drove out to Mount Pisgah which is a living tree museum It's a favorite place for the locals along the Willamette river. There is a lovely trail that runs along the river, probably a 10 minute hike into a nice shady spot. Perfect place to spend a hot afternoon swimming or in the shade eating a popsicle with the ones we love.

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Family Reunion in Cassel, CA.

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Laguna in August

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We drove to my sister's house and stayed the weekend in San Clemente to
escape the higher temps in the desert. She took me to the "Sawdust Festival"
and a beautiful little restaurant called Tivoli's Too.

Sliverton, OR

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Lovely little town North of Silver Falls, Oregon.

Lots of antique shops and collectable stores.

You really need to pay attention to the proper

exit out of town if you are driving an RV, freeway signs

aren't readily posted. It's an older town and the streets

are narrow with low over hanging trees.

Down get lost in town it's almost

impossible to turn around in an RV.

Early Morning Visitor in Malibu

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The Captain of our vessel on wheels...

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Happy Birthday Sweetie....

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Malibu RV Park- Pacific Coast Hwy

http://www.maliburv.com/

Malibu RV Park sits up on a ridge a 1/2 mile past Pepperdine University. It has spectacular views of the ocean with pull throughs available too. For the prime spots ask for spaces# 29 or 30, also " space- G" or "space- V12" all are well worth requesting.

Malibu

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This was our first trip to Malibu, Ca. We had alot fun last weekend, exploring the coast line
and eating and drinking and being merry... busy little town but
we landed ourselves at Duke's Aloha Bar for dinner, very good fish & chips. The entertainment was hula dancer's
doing their thing every 15 min. or so. The following day we headed North to see Paradise Cove.
Great place to eat, kinda reminds me of a Margaritaville Jimmy Buffet restaurant. Large portions and outta
this world deep fried calamari !

Malibu coastline

Fun entertainment

Sights of the city of Eugene

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A Beautiful day in Eugene, OR

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Farmer's Market

Britt & Jude

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Oregon coast near Newport

On the way to Newport, OR

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Honeyman Lake, OR

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Perhaps the truth depends on a walk around the lake... Wallace Stevens

Bakersfield, CA

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We made it to Bakersfield and stayed here at the Orange Grove RV Park, very easy access off the freeway and easy pull-throughs. Quiet and tidy and reasonably priced in $40 range, we'll definitely be staying here again ! Cute grounds with little country store. Had to have a tire value replaced before we could leave the desert, we are getting our electric awning repaired when we reach Coburg, outside of Eugene, OR. The Country Coach plant has laid off workers and they are only charging $50 per hour to do repairs instead of $120 and they will come out to the Premier RV Park to do them!

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Happy Summer Solstice

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Searching for the perfect scooter

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Ready for our road trip to Oregon...

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Hiking on San Jacinto Mountain

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The plants in the desert here are flourishing with the recent cooling trends we've been having, quite a few cloudy days but not really any rain just the threat of it. They come and go very quickly passing over the San Jacinto's to West of us.

Fun fun fun.....

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It's a thrill and well worth the ticket price to take the tram ride to the top. You can see all the way to the Salton Sea off to the East. They also have a great little restaurant & lounge at the top with comfortable outside patio's to view the valley below and it's over 25 degree's cooler up there!.

Atop San Jacinto Mnt. Range

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Oh my what view, we have made 2 trips up the Aerial Tram so far and did a bit of hiking and a picnic. www.pstamway.com

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Making lists checking them twice, excited about our trek up to Oregon soon it's going to be so nice!
We are trying to come up with a plan for another form of transportation via scooter or toad. The honda ruckus looks like a nice ride but our daughter doesn't really care to see her parents on scooters or a harley for that matter. I like those shiny candy apple red ones that you can hear coming 1/4 of a mile behind you.I saw a couple Buddy 150 scooters in Cat City yesterday, very nice looking with an extremely loud horn, (great idea) anything to lessen your chances of being running over.

Joshua Tree at Sunset

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Sights & Sounds of the Festival

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Describe your travel experience with:

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Wordle- Beautiful word clouds

Rupa & the April Fishes at JTMF 2009

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They were my favorite band based out of San Francisco.

More Pic's From the Joshua Tree Music Fest

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Our Camp Site Flag

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Joshua Tree Music Festival Collages

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I love making these things on my picasa program

Color & Silhouette

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JTMF ~ 2009

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Festival Colors of Joshua Tree 2009

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On the Road Again.....

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Earth Day

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March 28, 2009 8:30 pm local time- on Saturday ! Lights out for an hour :-)

The Cutest Little Out House I've Seen...

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1000 Palms Oasis

San Jacinto Mountains at Sunrise

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My first panaramic project. We hiked up in our PJ's with coffee for this one, a few different breeds of birds were conversing over the valley as they flew to reach the warmth of the sun.

Hiking in Palm Canyon

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Recent Painting

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Britt in the Grapevines
oil on canvas 16" x 20"

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A clip of one of the fun Multicultural bands playing in May at the Joshua Tree Music Festival. There are camp sites and RV spaces available for the 3 day event, gotta leave your puppies at home though. We got our tickets and RV spot reserved yesterday. :-)

An afternoon in Palm Canyon

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We haven't taken the party palace out for a month or so, we've really missed it. Had a wonderful lunch next to Tahquitz Canyon and shot many photo's for our work website. I think the temps reached around 78 in the desert today :-))))) Making plans to go the Joshua Tree Music Festival in May, looks like a much smaller version of Burning Man.

Lost Soldier- Doheny Beach, CA

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New Years Day 2009

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Doheny Beach, CA.

Great day at the beach, we got there early and found a beautiful spot next to the beach. There is a great little mexican eatery across the street you can take a pedestrian bridge to get there.

Lover's Point

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I shot this of a cute couple standing by the edge overlooking Dana Point Harbor in San Clemente. For some reason it reminded me of the movie " Sleepless in Seattle"

A Jiffy Campfire

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Our fun but failed attempt at cooking popcorn over a campfire made of Fed Ex & Anchor Blue gift boxes, we forgot to bring any wood for the campfire.

San Clemente Coastline

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We arrived up just past Camp Pendleton and saw layers of fog over the ocean as the sun was on it's way down, I liked the silhouettes of the landscape against the yellow ochre sky.

Through the Wind Tunnel

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Leaving Coachella for New Years...

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My husband, daughter and I headed out for the coast to spend New Years. The Jacinto Mountain Range is still adorned with signs of winter upon it's peaks, this is close to the Ariel Tram ride outside of Palm Springs.

Another Favorite Furry Friend

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My Sister's Dog Snoop, he travels with her and her family on their outings to the desert to ride their ATV Toys on Superstition Mountain.

Beauty on the Beach

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I'm a rock fan in more ways than one. Love this one from Dana Point Beach and Harbor where my brother Tom goes Lobster diving at night.

Corbin's First Fish

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Corbin and his Dad

Dana Point Harbor

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We left the desert for a quick 2 day getaway to visit my family for an early Christmas, my parents came down from Northern, CA. where the temps dipped at -10 below. Oh my, makes my bones ache just thinking about it.
It was our first time driving the "yet to be named RV" to San Clemente. We took the Oceanside route and it went very well, much better than our usual route which has an off ramp that rises up to very undesirable heights, freaks me out in a car let alone driving it in an RV.
We learned there are many great places to camp in an RV along the coast. My sister-in-law mentioned Malibu with a few good hiking trails to enjoy. San Clemente has a couple camp grounds that have nice ocean views. We stayed at the end of their street and loved it, having our little home on wheels right there with our own comfy bed to sleep in. Can't wait to go back, we always have a great time at my sister's place.

San Clemente, CA

Spent an afternoon with family at Dana Point Harbor Our nephew Corbin caught his first fish off the pier, it was so cute. There were two fish on the line, one they named Lucky and threw him back and the other one he named George Washington as he raised his hand in a salute,lol he was a keeper.

Beauty From Above

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Old Style RVing

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This wonderful covered wagon is from the Winchester Cheese Co. outside of Hemet, CA.

Peculiar

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We spotted this large art installation on the outskirts of Hemet, CA in the agriculture fields. >.

A Little Road Side Cheer

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Out side Hemet, CA.

A Wonderful Old Church in Warner Springs, CA.

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This little church sits up on a hill just outside of Warner Springs Ranch Resort.

Our Last Minute Sleep over....

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We stayed the night at Harrah's Casino in Rincon,CA. This was on our way to Hemet. Being our second experience at "Casino Camping" it was wonderful, they have a huge lot on the south end of the casino for RV parking, might have been 3 other RV's as well that evening. We called the front desk to double check and it was no problem. A very quiet area with a security vehicle patroling throught out the evening, we would recommend it.

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Tehachapi Pass

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Heading East out of Tehachapi.

The Salton Sea

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This is how it looks on a "Good Day" from a distance.... My parents used to come here and fish back in the late 1960's for Corvina. A local recently told us, "it's going to be the next Malibu someday" apparently when they get the funding to clean it up, not in our lifetime, lol....click on the link below to get an accurate sense of it's beach front property.

THE SALTON SEA DOCUMENTRY TRAILER

3 as a Bird

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Borrego Springs, CA.

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Anza-Borrego Springs State Park

Beautiful area to explore, they hold star gazing events here. The night sky is incredible, this is the first time I remember seeing the milky way so bright.

The Ocotillo Wells Airport

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I haven't seen an airport like this since the movie " The English Patient"... omg, I cannot imagine for a second trying to land on dirt !

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I took her out and let her run around in the dog park for a bit, she loved it there.

Thanksgiving 2008

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It was just me and my Sweet Hubby together for Thanksgiving, we arrived at our destination, and started on dinner. Greg BBQ'd a turkey outside while I prepared the
rest of dinner. Found our biggest bottle of cheap chardonnay and poured to our hearts content while the pitter patter of warm desert sprinkles danced on the roof our our RV.

The Drive to Borrego Springs Village

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I love the desert landscape especially before or after a weather system passes over. The colors are so much more brilliant with the gray skies.

We like looking for little places out in the desert away from town, I laugh when I try to imagine what a fixer-upper this would be.... Looks like a 2 story outhouse.

Desert Metal Sculptures- Borrego Springs, CA.

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