Where are we today ?
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A very mild night for sleeping 50F at 5 am and as the sun was rising managed to caught a wonderful colourful morning sky, A great way to begin our first day here in Borrego springs.
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| love these desert sunrises |
Then heading into town for a nice morning drive past the airport and cruise about town like I enjoy checkin things out , it has been2 years things have changed. As they always do,
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| the small airport here with a few planes |
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| you have a plane and need a hanger? |
A bit later headed into town passed the American legion to see how busy it was for the
Bayfield Bunch .
Then checked out the beautiful green grass in Christmas circle. And the Centre Market to make sure they still have my favourite pork chorizo and yes they do, I will be back. Over to the state park to fill a water jug for dishes, I have stopped here for many years Oops the outside taps are not turned on. Plus they now charge a day use fee for the visitor centre and day use area here. I have enjoyed it a few times when free, but don't want to pay the $9.00 senior fee for a walkabout there.
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| Christmas Circle in town |
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| love this local Centre Market too |
Still driving around town found the New Library, WOW like Jeff said OVERKILL. It is huge. But they do have free wifi. Still looking for water, back the Christmas circle and found a drinking fountain so got my gallon water jug topped up. and back home, A nice drive about the area that we love. Kinda overcast today with only a light breeze and in the low 60's F so not too bad outside at all.
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| what an amazing library here for a small town |
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| we will come back when it is open |
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| pretty quiet here right now just the way we love it. |
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| still lotsa room here |
After a tasty lunch of reheated Silly Al's pizza in our frying pan then time to explore another area for a bit.
Back home we decided to stay for a few days and tilt our solar panel.
On my drive I did find some desert flowers blooming, a rare event here and so nice to see. again.
Heading down Henderson Canyon road.
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| lots of oranges in the orchards but none at the fruit stands |
Back home to enjoy a very nice warm sunny afternoon in the sun, shorts and sandals to enjoy this day reading our e-readers.
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a wonderful very warm winter day
hot in the sun. |
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| and another John Sandford page turner |
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| our neighbour bush was very quiet today |
A bit later this afternoon we had a fellow Blogger, rv'er whose blogs we have followed for quite a few years Jeff Pierce
(Ruffin it with Rufus) from San Diego California
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Jeff stopped bu a brought a sample of
wonderful California wine to share with us for
Happy hour, thanks Jeff |
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| Thanks for the wine Jeff it was excellent |
Jeff and I had been blogger friends for a few years so nice to finally meet in person, Exactly as I pictured him almost. Nothing like meeting an on line friend and chatting one on one. The time flew by but he still needed to get back home to San Diego, Sure hope we can connect again , sooner than later. Maybe we can headed out there for a few days.
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| Jeff and me |
He had to head home over the mountain, sad to see him go Safe travels Jeff.
Soon time for us to whip up supper, so made our salad as the sun was setting preheat our Weber Q and grill a couple our Turkey Garlic sausage and one Chorizo sausage for very tasty supper. And a few leftovers once again. As we enjoyed another wonderful desert sunset.
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| sausage done perfectly |
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| tasty? yup it was |
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| a perfect end to a perfect day |
We enjoyed a wonderful quiet desert day with great weather and meeting a fellow blogger.
Want to thank you for joining our fun today and hope your's was a good one as well.
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Where have we been this Winter?
Glad you had the chance to finally meet Jeff and had the perfect weather with the flowers blooming.
ReplyDeleteBe Safe and Enjoy the change of scenery.
It's about time.
It was nice to finally meet up with him, lots of stories we shared. The weather wonderful and nice to see the flowers starting to bloom.
DeleteYou can get water at the laundromat, we used their big sink.I think the Chamber of Commerce might also allow you to fill a water jug. I know they have a recycle bin open to the public but you need a key for the regular dumpster.
ReplyDeleteI love the Canyon Road. There were no fruit in the stands when we were there either. Plenty on the trees but not a single stand open.
Nice to meet Jeff, glad he stopped by. Looks like a nice bottle of wine, I'll bet you enjoyed it. Enjoy your time there!
Thanks for the tips Deb, I was in town too early for the chamber not open and forgot about the laundromat. Was nice to meet Jef and share a very nice California dry red wine.
DeleteWere there still grapefruit at the stands? Oranges may still be a month or so out, but with this years strange seasons who knows?, Glad I'm not a farmer! Thanks for taking the time to share a couple glasses of a California Dry wine, glad you enjoyed it.
ReplyDeleteI know there is a term for the way the sunlight was penetrating the clouds, at think you captured a couple great photos of clouds dancing today. I hope we meet up again on the road.
Did not see and grapefruit either, lotsa oranges on the trees think maybe they will be harvesting soon.That wine was very nice thanks, I really enjoyed it and chatting with you finally after all these years. Some where down the road again would sure be nice.
DeleteREally nice sunset pictures George.
ReplyDeleteThanks JO was a wonderful day all the way around.
DeleteNow that sounds like a full day complete with photos. Very special for you to get together with Jeff.
ReplyDeleteIt was a wonderful full day and always fun to meet fellow blogger in our travels.
DeleteI'm glad Bush was quiet and you didn't have to chop him down. Looks like a very nice area to camp for awhile. As for the library ... good grief!! It's bigger than my town library with a population of 65,000!!
ReplyDeleteBush is a nice neighbour to have.
DeleteWe do enjoy it here, the town population here is about 3,500 for the size of this amazing library.
gas station heading up towards the state park (on the left) just behind it there was a water faucet down low. we usually use that. thks. for the updates. Kelly
ReplyDeleteThanks Kelly much appreciated.
DeleteWow what an upgrade for the library, I can't wait to check it out. I just finished Mortal Prey, a good read as all of John Sandford's books are.
ReplyDeleteAn amazing library for a small town, I am enjoying this book as well I have all the others i still have 12 more in the prey series to read,
DeleteGeorge, when we were there, we were told that they only charge for the state park on weekends. We weren't there long enough to go back and check on a week day, so you may want to do that and see. Let us know if it is any different.
ReplyDeleteThey do have a self service dispenser and a sign on the way in saying Fee area, I will get back there during the week and see if any different.
DeleteI have dumped tanks and taken on water at the State Park for the day use fee. They didn't give me the senior rate though. Got to remember to tell them. Guess I must look younger than I am.
ReplyDeleteWe won't be here long enough to dump and fill I just like to get a gallon of water to heat on the stove to do our dishes when I am out and about.
DeleteSounds like another fine day in the desert.
ReplyDeleteYes Larry it was wonderful.
DeleteHow nice to have Jeff stop by..I've seen him comment many times on blogs. Nice he brought you wine to taste too. :0 The sunrise and sunset are absolutely beautiful! That's a ridiculous price for seniors!
ReplyDeleteIt was very nice to finally meet up with Jeff, what a super guys he is. And the wine very nice too.
DeleteLove that you got to meet a fellow blogger. I've noticed his comments a lot too.
ReplyDeleteYour sunset pictures are beautiful, George, nice to relax in warmer weather again in shorts!
Enjoy!
It was fun meeting Jeff after all these years, Relaxing in shorts most of the day, It cooled down just before he got here, so I put my jeans on m then it got hot again.
DeleteMichael loves John Sanford books. As you say, real page turners. Your roof looks in pretty good condition, George. Maybe if we decide to go back to an A we should look for one with an aluminum roof like yours.
ReplyDeleteJohn Sanford books are wonderful.We love the aluminum roof low maintenance, our coach is 20 year old, some newer coaches have fibreglass roofs.
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