Thursday April 24, '14

I have between one and two bars one my cell phone (Verizon) and my wifi Jetpack depends on my Verizon connection so I will make this short with the hope that it uploads.  I am in the campground at Borrego Springs in Anza Borrego State Park (and there is no spring).  It is creosote bush desert here, but the park is large and has a lot of different kinds of environments.  The visitor center has some interesting displays and I will get back there this morning.

I drove "hiway" 78--parts of the road were 25 mph, only open to RVs and trucks under 30 ft with less than three axels.  Very fun twisty turny road!  But no signs for the park!  I kept looking at the map and guessing.

It was above 90 degrees when I got to the park--with no shade the heat was brutal on my poor Washingtonian body.  By 6:15 it was nice and cool--82 degrees.  At 9 pm  71 degrees felt very cool.  I am traveling on today, heading north on hiway 78 beside the Salton Sea toward hiway 10 and then hiway 40, which heads east to Flagstaff and beyond.  I'm a wimp--heading for cooler country.

I stopped in some picturesque little towns along the way yesterday.  I especially liked Julian, founded by Austrian miners in the 1880s.  I found a great straw hat and some fresh veggies and yogurt.
One picture so that this might upload--

Julian was about 4000 ft elevation.