Another desert, this time the north end of the Sonora Desert and about 100 miles from Mexicali. The Santa Rosa and San Jacinto mountains make a nice backdrop to this desert, and they have snow on the tops right now, which is a great contrast with the palm trees down here on the desert floor.
We are staying in an RV resort from the 20th through New Year's as a treat to ourselves, and it's a great park with 3 pools, 2 spas, friendly people, and lots of great dog lovers. As an aside, we had been told by someone before we left, who apparently drives around down here in an RV every winter, that it would be hard for us to find campgrounds/resorts that allow dogs. We would like to share with this person that what you focus on expands, and our experience has been exactly the opposite, and we have been welcomed with our 3 big dogs and 3 cats at lots of different types of places. People always want to meet Nachelnik and learn about him, all have admired and complimented him, and we have met lots of people through having him around.
It's Christmas Eve and we spent the day lounging around on the patio, enjoying the 20-plus degree sunshine. After our barbecue tonight, an entourage of carolers made the rounds, consisting of a bunch of golf carts and people strolling along, singing carols as they went. There is a hot buttered rum party for everyone at someone's place tonight, too. This resort consists of a mixture of permanent park model homes, huge motorhome/diesel-pusher buses, and spots for people who come for shorter times. The guy next to us has lived here full-time for 5 years. He's a short-haul truck driver originally from North Dakota and now works and lives here by choice. He said there's only him and about 6 others that live in this 500-spot park during the summer.
The first 3 days we were here, there was major rain and flooding, and the internet was even down due to water in the phone lines. It apparently rains here about 5 days a year, and we were here for 3 of them. Hopefully that's the end of all the weird weather and we will have sunshine from here to Texas!
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