We Are Back!!

Once again, this will be a rather short summary of our past week.  We arrived back south on Wednesday after a great trip home.  It was great to see everyone and spend some time with the kids.  And being generous, we left them with great weather – temps about freezing, sunshine, and very little wind – about perfect I would say.

 But in doing that, we came back to wind and rain. While the day we arrived was very pleasant as was the next day, that quickly came to an end.  The winds came up and they were predicting more winds and heavy rains.  The great thing about the rain is that the desert comes alive.  The ocotillo, normally dry, prickly branches, are covered with leaves.  It looks like a great year for desert flowers.

 

After arriving in Palm Springs we went and did a bit of shopping.  We passed a field that looked rather unusual so we went back and it was a field of artichokes – the first time we have seen a field of them.  I also love how they add a decorative touch to many overpasses such as this one in Cathedral City, somewhat a suburb in Palm Springs.  There is often something that adds some colour, or decoration to the structure.

 

We were planning on coming to Quartzsite on Saturday, but with the prediction of wind and rain we decided to head out a day early.  Don’t know if that was a good choice or not as we didn’t hear if the heavy rains predicted at Borrego Springs actually happened.  On the most part we had good driving although the wind did come up somewhat as we got closer to Quartzsite.  We got here, unhooked, got parked, and the rain started.  At least we didn’t have to drive in it as it makes an awful mess and we didn’t really want to have to wash the motorhome again just yet.  Plus, we took a shortcut through box canyon and I understand that road should be avoided during heavy rains.

 This week we are planning on doing some off-roading.  Until that starts, we did go to the RV show with all the vendors.  Nothing new, nothing interesting.  I guess we are at a point in time that we either have it, or don’t want it, or don’t need it.  Will likely go again another day and tour another area – maybe we will find something interesting.

I hope each of you have a great week and we’ll catch you next weekend.