Happy New Year Message!
Happy New Year! Below is our first attempt at live video...This was unscripted, as you will see....https://youtu.be/7KXX7fwxpQM
Palm Canyon Trail
Milestone: We have been on the road for 4 months!Borrego Springs is located in the center of the Anza-Borrego State Park. One of the most popular hikes is Palm Canyon. The hike takes you to the 3rd largest native palm grove in the state of California. We were fortunate to be able to experience this hike and special palm oasis. This palm grove had a devastating fire and the palm canopy was destroyed all that remained were tall black charred sticks. Due to the fire the hike had been closed until last month when miraculously the palm canopy grew back…
Our Search for Wild Horses
Yesterday we headed out very early in search of wild horses at Salt Creek River near Lost Dutchman State Park. We were prepared to fail as we took fishing equipment as well as art work to spend the day at the river. There are about 5 areas of Salt Creek that you can get to the river to see the horses. We started at Granite Reef Recreation area...nothing but horse poop! We continued to Coon Bluff Recreation area...no horses but plenty of horse poop. So we decided to try fishing...first we fly fished, great fun, but no fish and…
Superstition Mountain Hike
Today we headed out to the Superstition Mountains in search of gold! We hiked up the Treasure Loop Trail with a destination of the “Green Rock”. The whole time we were wondering how hilarious it would be if we found the gold mine....What we would do with a gold mine? Given we are retired it was decided that we would have to sell it to the highest bidder. Legend tells of the Lost Dutchman gold mine somewhere within the 160,000 acres of the Superstition Mountains. The gold mine and the mother lode is estimated to be worth $200 million! We…