Anza-Borrego Desert

In this desert there are sculptures everywhere on one road.
 This dragon goes across the road on both sides.

This is just the left side of the road portion of the sculpture.

This male California quail (above)and its mate were crossing the campground.

California poppies are everywhere.
  In the desert and the hills and the mountains.

This is the start of a trail to a Palm Spring

The campground is beautiful with native palms everywhere.

We arrived after stopping in Gila Bend for the night.  This is in the middle of nowhere and the road to the state park, east of San Diago, is pure dusty desert roads in terrible condition.  It just goes on and on and suddenly there is a nice small touristy town in the desert, Borrego Springs, with nice shops, eateries, churches and businesses in the middle of the state park.  Amazing!!!  We had the air conditioner on but hiking was out of the question for it was going to be 100 degrees the next day.  So off we went to the national parks.  I would have loved to hike some of the trails here.  It is a beautiful place.