Borrego Springs, CA

Well we just signed in for another day here at Anza Borrego State Park.  We are enjoying the flowers and the hikes and these little side trips into Borrego Springs - a sort of desert Wakefield.   I'm sitting in front of the library using their free wifi service while Corinne shops.    

We did the Borrego Palm Canyon hike this morning, starting at about 8 and hiking the 3.5 miles in about 3 hours including stops where ever we found shade.    The wildflowers are amazing.

These are actually pictures from our campsite, I haven't uploaded the ones from the hike yet.   But the desert is certainly in bloom.   Lots of yellow flowers but also reds, purples, blues and white.   There are not a lot of cacti in this region but we have seen barrel catci and beaver tails both with blooms.  We'll have lots of photo's to bore people with when we get home.    Days are hot and we try to be in the shade for the middle of the day and do our hiking in the morning and evenings.   Corinne thinks she may like Anza Borrego more than any of the other deserts we've visited but I think its cheating to be here at the height of the blooms - something we've never seen anywhere else.