I like the desert and after a few packed and busy days in San Diego a trip to Anza-Borrego Desert State Park in Southern California appealed. A couple hours’ drive east of San Diego, Anza-Borrego is part of the Colorado desert.
Although winter rains hadn’t triggered the wildflower bloom I’d hoped for the weather was cool enough to allow some nice walks as we explored parts of the park that were accessible in a rented car. Though the park is very big — almost 650,000 acres — we learned that most of it is reached by over 500 miles of dirt roads. Car rental agencies don’t look kindly on their vehicles bouncing along unpaved roads so our explorations were curtailed.
That second shot is a very nice panorama. When we first moved to Phoenix we liked the desert and spent a lot of time wandering about in it, but after a time that got boring and we really missed the greens of the midwest and the lakes and the cool weather. Of course, we could drive up to the mountains and did that often. I remember one time it was so hot in Phoenix – about 112 – so we decided to drive to the mountains to cool off. When we arrived it was 104 degrees there! So much for cooling off! We had to go to San Diego to do that!
Stunning views, Kay. The open road image is my favorite.
Magnificent views!
You are such an adventurer, kid! I don’t have the same attraction to desert, but maybe that is because of an absence of exposures.