Road Trip: Desert

tek77 · Mar 24, 2011

No, this is not a survival adventure, but a road trip suitable for my lovely 6 months pregnant wife.
It was a good 200miles trip.

Started just north of San Diego, in beautiful Indian Country

The weather was kinda' threatening us

Seen some joy riders

Made it above the real, hard core desert: Anza Borrego State Park

Learned something

And in the actual park

some 30 miles away...in the bad lands - mad max country - if you look closely you can see the "got dirt?" boyz and gals racing at the bottom of this canion

We finally made it to the Salton Sea. Situates 226 feet below sea level, it spreads about 376 sq mi.
The lack of people or any other activity on its beach gave it a very weary vibe...

The salinity of the Salton Sea is rising, jeopardizing some of the species in it. The Salton Sea currently has a salinity exceeding 4.0% w/v (saltier than seawater) and many species of fish are no longer able to survive(thanks Wikipedia). That explained the smell....

And if it wasn't surreal enough, this was layin' 30 yards from the shore - hippy house of love?

It was a good 3/4 day trip. We enjoyed it.
Thanks for checking it out.

JCavSD · Mar 24, 2011

Looks like very pleasant day-trip. I'm liking that hippy house of love...do I need reservations?

WILLIAM.M · Mar 24, 2011

Great Photos

Thanks for posting

soapboxpreacher · Mar 24, 2011

is that a department of homeland security/fema badge on that trailer? It isnt but it looks like it!

Sh@rp · Mar 25, 2011

Nice trip my friend. I missed the ocean. Did you get the screws for your Izula yet?

JUST1MOR · Mar 25, 2011

tek77 said:
And if it wasn't surreal enough, this was layin' 30 yards from the shore - hippy house of love?

. . . kinda reminds me of my first apartment at college, circa. 1969 . . .
Great shots, had to have been a fun trip, glad you guys enjoyed yourselves.
Be safe.

kgd · Mar 25, 2011

Gotta love the road trips. I bet you'll be referring to this one as a place marker for a while after the little one is born. Thanks for sharing your photos.

mtnfolk mike · Mar 25, 2011

great pics man..:thumbup: i love the Ca. desert's, especially Anza Borrego.. we have spent a lot of time there over the years..

congrats on the incoming new baby too...

tknife · Mar 25, 2011

Nice pics :thumbup: Love Anza, such a cool place

tek77 · Mar 25, 2011

Thank you everyone for your replys.
We had only two tiny mini regrets:
1. there was not enough time to explore
1. we barely missed the window opportunity(end of February, beginning of March) to see the desert flowers blooming....(not my pic)

wildflowers-at-sunset-anza-borrego-desert-state-park-california.jpg

When the time will be right, we'll def go back, the three of us.

JCavSD said:
Looks like very pleasant day-trip. I'm liking that hippy house of love...do I need reservations?

J, I'm thinking you may need a few things if you wanna spent the night there....reservation ain't one.....

I won't be surprised if this place gets crowded during Coachella music fest.

j williams · Mar 25, 2011

tek77 said:
J, I'm thinking you may need a few things if you wanna spent the night there....reservation ain't one.....
I won't be surprised if this place gets crowded during Coachella music fest.

Like a tetnus shot and a round of antibiotics....

Great pics man, Ive always wanted to see the Salton Sea.