Borrego Springs, CA



The scorpion and the grasshopper

The serpent - it goes underneath the street

Here we are in the final week of our time at Borrego Springs, CA. We have been enjoying this area of the southwest for the past seven weeks. On the most part, the weather has been incredible; although the past couple of days have been rather windy. And this morning, when you look at the mountains there is snow along the top - so we know that the warm weather we have become accustomed to will not with with us for a few days!  In fact, the snow level came half-way down the mountain just before we left  - way too close for comfort.

We have gone on a couple of off-road trips.  The last one was to Julian, CA which had about six inches of snow.  The day, of course, was cool, but at least there was no snow at our camp.  The scenery is unbelievable when you get back into the mountains with the various amounts of vegetation, and some of the desert plants starting to bloom.

Big Horn Sheep

One of the best known areas around Borrego Springs is Galleta Meadows which is owned by Dennis Avery, known for Avery labels. He commissioned a sculptor by the name of Ricardo Breceda to create metal sculptures. Starting in April 2008, until now, there are 130 sculptures around town, all on land owned by Avery. I have included a tiny sampling of some of his work.