January 2022 - silvervagabonds.com

An eBike Tour of Borrego Springs, CA!

Post author:Colleen
Post published:January 29, 2022
Post category:Adventure Ebikes Reviews Videos

Wow…What fun we have had making this video! For a couple days we set out on our eBikes to shoot this! As you can imagine there were lots of BLOOPERS! Our goal is to start telling about our adventures as well as capturing them on camera. Borrego Springs is like the TV Show “Cheers”, everybody knows your name and your always glad you came! The postal worker knows us by name and remembered us from last winter as well as the people at the grocery store! We can ride our bikes to town (only about a mile from our campground).…

Watercolor by Carol – Pumpkin Patch

Post author:Colleen
Post published:January 26, 2022
Post category:Artwork

The adventure of finding the “Pumpkin Patch” was an inspiration for Carol to create this watercolor.

Desert to Mountains, Palm Springs Aerial Tram!

Post author:Colleen
Post published:January 22, 2022
Post category:Adventure Exploring Videos

Wednesday we left Borrego Springs and drove up to Palm Springs to the Palm Springs Aerial Tram. This Tramway is considered an engineering marvel featuring the world’s largest rotating tram cars! Valley station starts the adventure with the elevation of 2,643’ and your destination at Mountain station has an elevation of 8,516’. Mountain station has 2 restaurants (one self-serve) and one cocktail bar. The Mount San Jacinto State Park is just behind the tram station providing backpacking and hiking opportunities. The temperature change from Palm Springs to Mountain Station is 30-40 degrees! There was still several inches of snow on…

The Borrego Springs Pumpkin Patch!

Post author:Colleen
Post published:January 16, 2022
Post category:Adventure Exploring Ford F-250 Videos

Last year while spending the winter in Borrego Springs, CA we heard about a special area call “The Pumpkin Patch”. This area is deep in the Ocotillo Wells off-road recreation area. We set out this past week thinking this would be a short 4x4 drive in the desert. Once in the 4x4 area we had to drive miles and miles through areas of deep sand and extreme bumps! First attempt, we depended on the GPS; bad idea….Can’t wait to find out what happened….Enjoy the video!Travel Update:We are enjoying the weather and winter in Borrego Springs. So enjoying the eBikes! We…

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