IN QUEUE

Note: These posts are in reverse order. I'll do better next time
The desert was one big parking lot and events center for the off-road crowd at the Tierra del Sol annual event. If you look real hard at the back row, just the other side of the American Flag, you can see our Jeep.
I have a bunch more pictures from our trip which I will try to include in a week or two. Summer is coming, hope to see some of you out there traveling. Stay in touch. Maybe we can hook up somewhere sometime.

TdS HILL CLIMB

Another roadside attraction. The off-road club, Tierra del Sol has it's annual off road event just a couple of miles from our camp. Both sides of the Salton Parkway, the road between Borrego Springs and the Salton Sea, were covered with thousands of Jeeps, buggies, quads, side by sides, and a plethora of hybrid sand machines.

DIANE'S NEW SWEATER

Good friend Sandy Schwarting knitted a sweater for Diane. A welcome gift on those cool evenings in January.

PELICANS ON THE SALTON

The Salton Sea gets smaller each year it seems. There have been problems with the rerouting the Colorado River for irrigation purposes causing the water level to diminish, therefore, the salt, and pollution from farm chemicals are not being diluted. The "Sea" has a lot of tilapia, and used to have corvina, but many have died and washed on to the shoreline. The smell has been a little pungent in the past but seemed much better this year. The pelicans are still here in large number

MOON OVER SALTON CITY

It is really hard to beat a sunrise or sunset in the desert. The bright reds, yellows, oranges and other colors are great. We also enjoyed a nice big, bright full moon while out there. The beauty of the desert is uncluttered, primitive, and peaceful. We love our time there.

THE BIG "60" FOR DIANE

It was nice of Diane to have her birthday the same time as Super Bowl. Each year all the folks come over to our coach to watch the Super Bowl on our outside TV, and celebrate Diane's birthday during a happy hour environment.
This year, the birthday girl turned over a new decade, her 6th.

"FLY IN" WEEKEND

Every year about this time of the year, they promote a "Fly In" in the desert. Mostly motorized parachutes, some with wheeled carts, like the one shown here, and some that are motorized pack packs, which requires take off and landing on your feet. There are also some fixed wing ultra-lights. One of the two landing strips is right at Johnson's landing. The sky is full of these guys so we get a good show.

HAPPY HOUR AT JOHNSON'S LANDING

Here are some of the Happy Hour contestants. From left to right: Jim Dimmick, Bill Van Ornum, Glen Davis, I forgot, Gene McDonough, Steve, I forgot's wife, and Maxine Dimmick. Others not shown are: Grace Davis, Laurie, Diane, Roger and Sandy Schwarting, and yours truly. Great bunch of friends.

WINTER VACATION SPOT

We meet every year here with friends from all over the place that we have met in our travels. Lots of good companionship, golfing, bocce ball, cards, 3:00 pm happy hours, casino buffets, and road trips to the big cities, Indio, La Quinta, etc.

DOWN with the BREHMS, 25 MARCH, 013

Greetings and salutations to all our patient followers. We just returned to Pio Pico (Jamul, CA) after spending Jan, Feb, and a good chunk of March at the Salton Sea. We camped at the West Shores RV Park at Johnson's Landing. I was unable to update the BLOG while there because electronic communication has not been invented there yet, so I will spend some time trying to catch up.