remaining in CA longer & making the most of it

A trip to the Lancaster area provided lots of flowers and snow covered mountains. There is a Poppy Reserve about 15 miles out of Lancaster, but plenty of photo ops before you arrive at the Reserve.

The road home with Mt Baldy in the background.













A trip to the Anza Borrego Desert area to see some wild flowers and a glider plane airport.

Glider plane being pulled into the air.
And he is off and flying or is it gliding as soon as the puller drops the line.
Flowers seen along the drive in the desert.




We found some desert art in the Galleta Meadows Estates area. To see more on this go to www.galletameadows.com and look at the gallery. This is just a sample, there are many large statues in this area.


Bil's wrist and the reason we linger in CA. He tripped & fell breaking his right wrist. It required surgery to put him back together again.

below you can see the break in the bone. Look at the left side of the wrist, his wrist moved to the right about a 1/2 inch.

The new car and the cast. It was while picking up the car that he took his "trip".

Around CA , a trip to Bouse AZ, old mine & Long Beach

Bouse was an old military camp and they have a small museum in the desert.

A natural arch in the desert near the old mine.
An old furnace at the mine.
Old wooden bridge on a road no longer used.
Over view of part of the old mine.
These seagulls were waiting for a chance at lunch. Coming in for a landing.
This guy was getting his lobster traps ready and the seagulls were lined up for a free lunch.
Sunrise in Bouse-our friend had to get up really early to get this shot.
Sunset from Parker back to Bouse AZ.
a yard in Bouse AZ. on a day trip to see some friends.


The road into the campground are of Prado after the heavy rains. We were told that we may have to evacuate due to the floods. Fortunately that did not happen.
This walkway is actually right off the road. All this water was from the rains. This area is seen below after the water all wet away.

Here you can see the walkway with no flood waters.
A little too much rain and a missed parking area leaves this guy "stuck in the mud." He left it there and opened the slides, went to sleep and had it pulled out in the morning. That is making the most of a bad situation.

Sooooooo - no deliveries happening today.

The mountains as seen from Prado park.
This is a cat the owner shaved like a lion - and it has the face to go with it.
Beautiful mountains seen across the strawberry fields.
Sunset at Prado Park.
Water drops on a fir tree formed after a cool evening.