Monday, January 31, 2022

Badlands near Borrego Springs

 Slept better last night but must say being close to the interstate does make for noise.  I was up around 8:30 this morning taking Yuma for his final walk around here.  Made a quick dash into Walmart to return an item and get a few more items for my project πŸ˜ƒ

We had our first course of breakfast and I decided to head on to Borrego Springs before finishing breakfast.  I don't have the most patience for waiting 😌  It was 10:30 and we were pulling out of the Walmart parking lot.

Only a little over an hour drive.  We came down hwy 86 to Salton City and made a right on S22 known as Borrego Salton Sea Way.  We only went half way to Borrego Springs before we found where I want to camp for awhile.

All the times going to Borrego Springs I would see RVs high on the ridge overlooking the badlands and the Salton Sea but never drove up there because it was too crowded.  This time there were very few RVs on the ridge so we pulled into an area with only one RV.  Our lucky day, they were just leaving so we have the whole area to ourselves πŸ˜€


Behind Nick are the badlands and just a glimpse of the Salton Sea in the background.

It was sunny this morning when we left Indio but clouds started rolling in and the sun was barely visible for the remainder of the day.  Here are pictures of the area we are staying.


Standing on top of the White Lion looking down the front of it.


Yuma looking at the Salton Sea in the distance.

I decided after finishing the remaining two courses of breakfast to just set up camp and stay home and work towards finishing my project.  Hopefully, it will be finished tomorrow.  I sure hope it works 😁  I know! You are dying to know what the project is.  It is a rather lengthy story so I will just give you the broad idea and go into more detail tomorrow night.

It has to do with utilizing two solar systems and create the ability to switch from one when it is running low at night to another system for the remainder of the night.  The second solar system replaces the need to run the generator except on very cloudy days.  The gory details coming soon to a blog near you!

While working we were buzzed by these flying machines.

It is now after 8 o'clock PT and we had cheeseburgers for dinner and soon our pudding and whip cream dessert. Then bedtime.  Hopefully we have sunny skies soon.

Thanks for stopping by.

15 comments:

  1. So you are in a great spot. You are making me wish we had stuck with the plan of going that way.

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    1. I'm sure you two know right where I'm located. It does have a beautiful view. Hoping for clear skies soon so I can take it all in.

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  2. Glad you got all moved close to Borrego Springs. See any animals lurking around yet? Hopefully, your project will be up and running soon. That sounds like something up Jim's alley. Interesting that you and Nick are dressed similar today. Where you are, it looks like you're looking right down into the badlands.

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    1. Thanks Dolly. We are parked within 10 feet of the cliff. Hope no earthquakes πŸ˜„ No animals but something got into the trash last night.

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  3. Glad you got to go up on the ridge and it's not busy. Sounds like you have a good idea hope you get it to work out as planned! You are missing out they are forecasting 1-2 feet of snow here starting tonight! We'll see if that happens thoughπŸ₯Ά

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    1. You will be very busy if the forecast is right. I believe we will enjoy the ridge if the atv crowd doesn't run us out this weekend πŸ˜„

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  4. Get your heaters set up ... we are looking at 28 down to 23 degrees (with rain) here the next couple of days. It's looking like snow!!! Sounds like a great place to camp out.

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    1. Oh my! That sounds like quilting weather ☺️. I'm glad our lows will only be in the low 40s. Dolly says they're calling for a foot of snow with 25 mph winds.πŸ₯ΆπŸ₯Ά

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  5. Hope the sun shines the rest of the week. Enjoy the Badlands, before they fill with desert toys on the weekend.

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    1. I'm hoping for sunshine too. Calling for it after today. I think we'll enjoy the distraction this weekend. We may even get in on it πŸ˜€

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  6. Good old Borrego Springs. One of our favorite places and area. And how lucky to have that boondocking spot all to yourselves. Bonus:))

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    1. Thanks Al. I think I'm going to enjoy it here in the badlands. Quiet now but the weekend probably won't be.

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  7. Borrego Springs is fun. Hopefully you will be left on your own through the week, your views are lovely.
    Good luck in your project, always nice to have something to challenge our minds.

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    1. Thanks Patsy. My mind is doing okay but my poor body is very tired πŸ˜„

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  8. We really enjoyed this area when we visited our grandson two years ago. I just noticed your map shows you have not visited Kansas. You are working on quite a project. Our kids can sure provide lots of information to their parents, huh? Nice you have him to help you out. It is nice you have your grandson spending time with you.

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