Diane, Molly, and I spent the weekend at “The Springs at Borrego RV Park“. We had a “fun” trip out, as the GPS took us on a route that included signs saying vehicles longer than 40′ were not allowed. With the 35′ of the RV, plus Diane’s car on the back, we greatly exceeded that length. But, we made it. I know I need to pay a lot more attention to the maps ahead of time, and not rely on directions from GPS and the RV resort itself.
We got everything setup quickly. Molly and I had spent some time in the pool, which was a perfect temperature. The wind was something else out there, and we had to pull in the awning shortly after setting it out, and put away all the chairs. We started working on dinner shortly after, but I had forgotten the charcoal so a few things needed adjusting. Fortunately we had everything needed to cook our chicken, potatoes, and corn in the RV. We all watched some TV and then headed to bed. The wind woke all of us up at one time or another, as it rocked the RV. Given our proximity to the San Andres fault, we could have been having earthquakes and it would have felt the same as the wind.
On Saturday we went to the Anza Borrego State Park visitor center, walked around the exhibits, and took a stroll on their hiking trails. We saw the biggest lizard I’ve ever seen in the wild. I’ll get some of Diane’s pictures and add to this later. The rest of the weekend saw Molly spend some more time at the pool, and she and I went on a couple bike rides. There was some family movie watching, as we all enjoyed another viewing of “RV”. We also had dinner at a community event at the RV Resort, where they had some bands playing and a taco bar. Molly also colored her eggs so that they could be hidden later by the Easter Bunny. We had boiled them at home before the trip. They have some new, very low-mess kits that have you put the eggs into little plastic bags and then inject the paint/glitter into the bag. It worked pretty well and she was done in no time, and the now tie-dye kinda looking eggs were ready to go!
Sunday, we got up and found the Easter Bunny had hidden the eggs, and left Molly some nice goodies in her basket. Molly took no time at all to find the eggs. It seems the Easter Bunny can manage his job just fine in an RV! We had some breakfast, watched some TV, and started working on preps to leave and head home. Molly and Diane headed to the pool, and I worked on getting the rig prepped for leaving. Once everyone was ready, we headed to the office/entrance area. There we hooked up the car, checked out with the office, and found a geocache that had been stationed there near the entry area.
Instead of going back the way we came, we decided to head over to Salton Sea. Diane and I had visited a few months ago, and we decided that since going that way would keep us on better roads, we’d also stop by and show the sea to Molly. We grabbed some lunch in the RV, and then headed out to the visitor center and beach area at the Salton Sea State Recreation Area. Molly wasn’t too keen on the dead fish on the shore, which were far fewer in number than when Diane and I had last been. Once everyone had seen (and smelled) enough, we headed out. Stopped for gas and some Del Taco for Molly, then on our way.
The wind was a constant for the whole trip, but we were now headed into it, and right through the area of the 10 where they have the wind turbines. Well, before we even got to the 10, the rocking and such caused one of the kitchen cabinet drawers to loose it’s locking mechanism. Then, the top part of the drivers side mirror came loose, and very quickly blew away. Fortunately, there’s a lower convex mirror that could be adjust for some good visibility, and I had the back and left side camera’s as additional viewing options. It was a bit nerve racking at first, and some white knuckle moments, but we made it home safe and sound.
It was a great first weekend out. Now, just need to get the mirror fixed, as we have another camping event this weekend at a local state park where Molly is camping with the Girl Scouts. We’ll be going from the flat, well maintained, full-hookup conditions of an RV resort, to a no hookup, dirt, state park. Should be good times. 🙂 …