Stormy Day

A couple of posts ago, I included a long distance photo that showed a mountain ridge, that we were camped on. Just two days later, a big summer storm moved through the area. It dumped a huge amount of rain, in a short period of time. When that happens in the desert, the result is usually flash floods. What my granny used to call "gully washers." This storm caused a lot of flash flooding in the Anza-Borrego area.  The last thing you'd expect to die from in the desert is a flood, but it happens all the time. Most of the following photos aren't "before and after," they are "before and during." 

 Morning

 Afternoon

 Evening

 Looking down into Anza-Borrego

  Looking down into Anza-Borrego, getting HAMMERED...

 Granite mountain looking nice under a pretty sky

 Granite mountain in a moment of sunshine during the storm

My granddaughter tempting fate. 

I told her that her hair is going to get a bit frizzy, when she gets hit by a lightning bolt. She is telling me to wait one minute. Or maybe she is trying to get me hit by one....

We actually only got a couple of drops up where we were, one of these days I'll do a post about the storm we were in, same time last year. We were in this same spot and it wasn't much fun at all.


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Some Odd Sights

Just a few odd things I've seen in the past couple of weeks. I've had a lot going on recently and I promise, I'll get back to "real" posts very soon...

I was trying to take a photo of the two deer in the photo. They were heading up that hill and I had to shoot from the hip (not very well).  I thought the yellow thing was just some kind of farm machinery, or plumbing thing.  It's a small submarine!  Submarines aren't all that rare, but submarines sitting on top of a mountain at over 5000 feet above sea level, is very rare...

Everybody knows what rabbits are because they are pretty much everywhere. BUT, this is not a cute little cottontail. It's also not very good to eat.  It's a jack rabbit. They are more wild animal than bunny. I bet this guy was twenty pounds.

It's strange enough that these woodpeckers are making holes in this cabin. It's even more strange that they seem to be doing it in the shape of a square.

Of course there are always abandoned and/or junk cars in the desert. This one just happens to be a Plymouth Barracuda and pretty valuable.

Sorry, I just couldn't help snapping this one. Just one more reason not to smoke! The stub of a finger, was a real bonus.

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This post was just for fun, real stuff coming up next...

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Cuyamaca Mountains 2

One of our fellow campers.

This dirt road is part of a trail that connects with the Pacific Crest Trail. The PCT is over 2700 miles long and goes from Mexico to Canada, through California, Oregon and Washington. It takes 5 to 6 months to walk it.

Good fishing at this small lake in the middle of the campground.

What can I say, some things just look better in black and white.

Just one of the interesting things I saw

And again

And yet again... If that little band of clouds wasn't on the horizon, I'm pretty sure we'd be seeing the ocean in this photo.

Out of sequence, but this is an example of one of the beautiful little valleys we traveled through on our way there.

Just because

I just can't get enough of those woodpecker holes stuffed with acorns

It almost looks like a pattern

Lot's of interesting folks travel around and live full time in their RVs. This is Jim. He lives in various campgrounds two weeks at a time. Jim makes bi-planes out of aluminum cans to supplement his income. They are pretty cool and very detailed.

He told us he needs more doctor pepper cans so he can make red planes. I'm not sure if others will find what this guy does interesting, but I sure do. My wife just shakes her head at me, as what would ordinarily just be a "hello, how are you doing?" turns into a major interview. I can't help it, that's what I do...