This is the third time Bob and I visited Borrego Springs on this trip, and it is the only place with that distinction. There is something so sweet and funny about this little town in the desert that we keep coming back. The weather was warm and sunny and although the wild flowers were past their peak, we still saw lots of things in bloom. We even managed to find an early agave bloom that stood about 12 feet tall.
We hiked up Palm Canyon like we did on our first trip here and once again found the beehive in the rock wall. There were way more bees now than last year. We also saw 5 Peninsular Big Horn Sheep hanging out on top of the ridge for the few hours we were in the canyon.
We had some interesting neighbors at the Palm Canyon Resort. A group from Oshkosh Industries (not the overalls) was here to test the prototype vehicles that will be replacing the HumVee for the Army. These four door units seemed very stout with high ground clearance, heavy armor and small strong windows. We managed to get few pictures while they were parked.
A new treat for us was the trip over the hill, through Anza Borrego State Park to the mountain town of Julian. The hills in the mountains were covered in yellow flowers, blooming yuccas and blue flowering shrubs. We spent a few hours walking around town and had lunch at the famous Julian Pie Company. It WAS the best fruit pie of our whole adventure. (I’d still give the chocolate pecan pie in Dorr County, Wisconsin the blue ribbon for all pies.) It was quite cool up in Julian, around 58 compared to 82 down in the valley where we were camped.
We planned to bike around Borrego on our last day to enjoy the cactus blooms and nice flat roads, however a big storm was predicted with high winds and gusts to 75 mph, with zero visibility. That caused us to get up early, buy a few bags of delicious grapefruit at the local stand and head for the hills. We made it through the pass north of Palm Springs with only moderate wind as we hit the road for Camarillo, CA to visit Bob’s sister and his nephew.
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