Spring Break Trip - Part 2

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Spring time in the desert! Hard to imagine, but around this time of year the desert is full of flowers popping up here and there. While it is still obviously the desert, there are some amazingly, unique flowers that you'll find no where else. This is where the second part of our trip lead us: to Anza-Borrego State Park, which is north east of San Diego, CA.

We reached the destination on motorcycle in one day, and camped for two days.

We were excited to use the motorcycle off-road, and since all the campsites were reserved, this was a perfect spot to test out the capabilities of the new bike. The camping turned out to be great! The first site we visited we dropped the bike, but this time the bike slowly kicked out from under us. We both were able to catch ourselves and immediately stand up. The site we actually stayed at was so amazing and free! We were close to one group of people in a RV, but there were totally quiet and well behaved. This site gave us the best sunset, and was utter wilderness besides this other group.

During the day we hiked around the area of our campsite and found some amazing sand stone. We also saw lizards, a jack rabbit and heard coyotes howling at night. It definitely was still hot and dry turning the day time, even though it's only Spring. The temperature reached about 90 degrees, and I was really happy we had the protective clothing, sunscreen and hats with us, as there was little to no shade.

On the way back home we stopped by Salvation Mountain, Salton Sea and Sonny Bono State Animal Reserve. All really great stops, but would be unlikely as a destination, but if in the area, its worth the stop.