Desert Camping

We went camping in the desert for a few nights. We drove out to Borrego Springs on a Thursday afternoon, planning to spend until Saturday morning. Early Friday morning - we took a wonderful hike up Palm Canyon. It is amazing to see all of the palms growing in the middle of the desert - as well as all of the water in the canyon.

We spent 2 1/2 days and 2 nights. The Nights were great - it cooled off just enough for us to sleep well - ok - well - we were in a tent - sleeping on the ground - so we really did not sleep that well at all. Anyway - it did cool off at night. The days were hot. We used lots of sunscreen and went through many (many) bags of ice. I think we all drank a few gallons of water through the day.

It was fun - we had a great time with our friends, and we ate good food.

Click the title link to see more photos of our desert trip.

Here is a picture of my truck. I don't have many pictures of my truck - and I liked the way this one turned out. This shot was actually at the Salton Sea - about 30 miles East of Borrego Springs in Imperial County. We did not see the nicest area of the Salton Sea - I think that if we would have gone a ways South we would have seen some of the resort area of the Salton Sea. Glen bought a book and read to us about the Sea. Absolutely facinating!

Speaking of cars - one of the interesting things we did was to get a Mustang GT unstuck. One of the campers nearby our campsite got her car stuck. The car was actually high centered. We ended up jacking the car up, putting rocks under the tires that were spinning, then we were able to drive the car out of the hole. The owner was very grateful.