We spent four days at Oliver Lee and could have stayed more if the weather was warmer. Just not the time of year to enjoy the area. It's a beautiful park - just too cold, so we headed further South and West to Las Cruces.
The four days in Las Cruces was basically uneventful. The weather got just a little warmer, the winds blew away, the sky turned blue, but it still got very cold at night. Ellen hooked up with Sue (Cobb) and Trish (See), friends and former employees from The Matterhorn and Flytraps days.
We are now in our third day of at least five at Catalina. We love this area and it's our fifth or sixth visit. We have reservations for two weeks beginning Jan 14th in Borrego Springs so we will either extend our stay here a few days or move a little closer to Borrego and spend a few nights in Joshua Tree National Park before arrival in Borrego for our reservation.
The nights are still cold here in Catalina, but above (barely) freezing - 34 outside right now. The days are warm (60's) and if out in the sun it's hot! The forecast for the next 10 days here in the Southwest all the way into Southern California is sunny and gradually warming.
So that's it. We have not been anywhere new yet so nothing really exciting to report that we haven't commented on in previous years blogs. After our two weeks in Borrego we will head into new territory along the coast of California north of San Diego. Then inland and North to go around the LA area, and then perhaps up into wine country. All depends on the weather. This year I will not repeat last years mistake of heading north too soon. We are going to stay warm once we find it.
Finally posting pictures below of what we have been looking at so far:
This first set of 12 pictures were taken at Palo Duro State Park, TX
These next 9 photos were taken at Oliver Lee State Park, NM
Thanks Dan, Ray, and Lindsey - The Dom was great!
These next 5 photos were taken in and around Las Cruces
Begging for Jim to PLEASE make us a Margarita
And these final 7 photos were taken here at Catalina State Park, AZ
Our home for 7 days
Campground at Catalina
Catalina Sunset (next 5 pictures)
