We're Here

Yes we made it to Desert Hot Springs, and we are happy to be here. The drive down from Bakersfield had everything.  You climb up to 4000 feet then drop right back down. We saw farms hills "Wind Farms" and "Solar Farms".

The park people were very helpful and showed us right to our spot.  As we were parking Al came out with a cold beer and everything was alright with the world.




The park is very nice with a 9 hole golf course.
By the time we got setup and had a couple beer it was time to look around.  There is a pool and two hot tubs a pool table.  There are two games room where Kelly can lose money playing Texas hold'em and crib.


Sunday can as it usually does and we did a big shopping at Vons which is just like Safeway including that voice that tells the employees there is a call on line 2 for the produce department.

We signed up for a moderate to hard hike for monday and then just enjoyed the day.

Today 15 strangers tried to kill June and I.  Yup it was 7.2 miles up and over rocks and through miles of "wash". Yup we decided that at the end that we were toast.  All kidding aside the others were very helpful and there was no pressure.

That's the Salton Sea in the background of the top photo and the trail we started on. We were in the above crack in the valley and over time the sides collapse and there are trails through some of the valleys.  So had to climb over around and through them. It was very cool!  The whole trip took just over 6 hours and covered 7.2 miles. We climbed about 700 feet up and then down then up and then down then up.......see the pattern. We headed straight to the hot tubs and pool to cool down and recover.

We can't complain to much as we signed up for the thursday hike. Oh well I let you all know how that goes.