A Few Camping Pictures

[Greenhorn]

Given the geographical diversity of members here I enjoy seeing and showing local pictures. I recently went camping in the desert east of where I live. I did some hiking, photography, riding and bird watching. The bird watching was a day trip with my daughter (she is an Ornithologists of sorts) to a very unusual place named the Salton Sea, we were at the Sonny Bono Wildlife Refuge specifically. It's is a bird watchers paradise. She has all the good bird pictures, I'll try and get a couple.
https://www.fws.gov/refuge/sonny_bono_salton_sea/

I here are some general pictures.

My camp site looking up Palm Canyon.

The desert is beautiful, wide open space and sky.

A small area of the Salton Sea

Some nearby desert metal sculpture, there many of these in this meadow. The meadow is just outside the4 nearby town.
http://www.abdnha.org/borrego-springs-sculptures-of-ricardo-breceda.htm

There is an oasis up Palm Canyon and occasional Big Horn Sheep can be seen there. I went up twice hoping to see them but did not see any. I enjoyed it here and plan to come back so I will look again then.
http://www.abdnha.org/wildlife-of-anza-borrego.htm

Here are a couple more pictures.


The lower portion of the Palm Canyon oasis itself. The water comes from an underground spring.

Mountains to the east at sunrise looking down Palm Canyon

The Palms of Palm Canyon

 

[LIcenter]

Breathtaking Greenhorn!

 

[Sheal]

Amazing pictures Greenhorn but I would miss natures usual greenery if I was there!

 

[Beverly]

Ah, but in April the cacti bloom and that would be a beautiful time to re-visit. Although even now i can see the beauty of the vastness of the area. Really nice pics @Greenhorn, i'll bet there are a lot of stars out at night.

 

[Beth_B]

Gorgeous! I've hiked the Salton Sea area...deserts generally are full of surprises and absolutely gorgeous in a subtle way.

 

[zigs]

Lovely pics Greenhorn

 

[Greenhorn]

Funny thing, I forgot to note... as Beverly suggested (with the right winter - spring rainfall which has been scarce) the desert is blanketed in flowers in spring.

Not my photos

 

[Becky]

How beautiful! So different to anything we see here in the UK. I'd love to see some of your daughter's bird photos too