SMALL JAUNT TO CALIFORNIA

WE TRAVELED TO THERMAL CALIFORNIA ON AN EXTREMELY WINDY DAY. THE GUSTS WERE CLOCKED AT 40-80 MILES /HR. THE SANDS OF THE DESERT WERE BLINDING AND I HAD A DIFFICULT TIME WITH THE RV. THE CAMPSITE IS VERY CLOSE TO THE SALTON SEA,WHICH IS CALIFORNIA'S LARGEST SEA. IT WAS CREATED IN THE 1920'S WHEN THE COLORADO RIVER FLOODED. CREATING THIS LAKE IN A BED OF SALT. IT IS NOW SALTIED THAN THE PACIFIC OCEAN.  SOME 50 SPECIES OF BIRDS USE IT FOR NESTING OR MIGRATING. THERE IS THE SONNY BONO WILDLIFE REFUGE, THIS REFUGE SHELTERS,TEN DIFFERENT SNAKES,6 DIFFERENT RABBITS AND MULITPLE BIRDS. WE VISITED IT THREE TIMES WHILE IN THE AREA. WALKING AROUND THE REFUGE IS A CHALLENGE, DOWN PATHS AND UP LARGE MAN MADE HILLS. LARGE FLOCKS OF MIGRATING SNOW GEESE WERE THERE AT THE TIME, AS WELL AS GALIHAD QUAIL.
WE SPENT A DAY TOURING THE JOSHUA TREE NATIONAL PARK AND DRIVING THROUGH 29 PALMS. DRIVING THROUGH A FOREST OF WINDMILLS WAS VERY IMPRESSIVE,EACH GOING THERE OWN SPEED ACCORDING TO THE DEMANDS OF THEIR MASTERS.

THE CAMPGROUND WAS TIGHT BUT CLEAN AND WELL KEPT. EACH AREA HAD IT'S OWN ORANGE, GRAPEFRUIT OR LEMON TREE. THE GERERAL AREA HAD SEVERAL PALM TREE FARMS,CITRUS GROVES OR OLIVE TREES.