Once again we have been blessed with perfect weather which continues day after day. This week, 2024 came to a close and of course we had to celebrate. We started with a campfire and had a wiener roast with all the trimmings and of course, smores!!
While this may seem like an unusual New Year's Eve celebration, you must remember that we no longer see midnight so we just say good-bye to last year a little earlier than most.
On New Year's day, we went all out with tenderloins wrapped with bacon
and again, all the trimmings. Two days in a row, we had similar meats - they were both round.
Just as we said good-bye to 2024, we likewise to Yuma as we headed to Borrego Springs. We normally take the interstate but decided to go across country for some different scenery. We went through the Glamis Recreation Area and the sand dunes. There were a lot of folks camped at the dunes although there didn't seem to be a lot of vehicles playing.
A nice drive, but the roads were not great.
Once at Borrego Springs we met up with our friends, Rick and Chris. We has spent some time with them earlier in the year but it was great to see them again.
Somehow, a person gets to have the odd little mishap. Well, here is a photo
of what can happen when something falls behind a slide. Fortunately, when I heard a crunch, I stopped. While it was quite a challenge getting it out, we were finally able to retrieve it. Although it doesn't look too pretty, it still works.
We went into town to see what was new and what changed. It seems each year, water is withheld from some crop. Here we noticed that some palm trees were dying out,
but in another area, a new crop was planted.
It seems that the crops need to be replaced every so often. Every Friday there is a farmer's market at the Christmas circle so we had to go and check out the vendors. While it isn't very big, the setting is quite nice and there was quite a variety of vendors.
As the week comes to a closed we would like to wish everyone a very Happy New Year and may each of you have a happy and healthy 2025.
