1/25/2018 - Alpine, CA
Jim and I left today for California. We drove south out of Quartzsite, through
Yuma, then west on I-8. We
drove through the Imperial Sand Dunes Recreation Area which looked a
lot like the Sahara Desert. Then we stopped at a rest area in El
Centro, CA and watched the Navy's Blue Angels practice. This is their
winter home. We stopped in Alpine, California for the night. We got an RV site at
Ma-Tar-Awa RV Camper Park on the Indian Reservation. Then we went to Alpine Brewing.
1/26/2018 - Bonita, CA
This morning we drove to Bonita, California. We had a reservation to camp at Sweetwater
Summit Regional Park. This was the
closet camping place to San Diego that was reasonably priced. We got a good site overlooking the valley. After setting up camp we drove to Modern
Times Brewing, Bay City Brewing, Stone Brewing-Liberty Station, Mike Hess
Brewing and Pizza Port Brewing. We had supper
at Pizza Port.
1/27/2018 - Bonita, CA
This morning we went for a small hike in the park. Today we went to Lost Abbey / Port Brewing, Wild Barrel Brewing, Mason Ale Works,
Rip Current Brewing, Duck Foot Brewing, Ballast Point and Reckless Brewing.
1/28/2018 - Bonita, CA
After breakfast, Jim and I went for a longer
hike on the trails in the park. Just as we were returning to the paved roads in
the campground, a medium sized Rattlesnake slithered across the trail in front
of us. Today we went to Alesmith Brewing, Green Flash Brewing, Long Ship
Brewing and Societe Brewing. We had supper at the Studio Diner which was featured on Diners, Dive-Ins and Dives. I had a battered and deep fried Monte Cristo sandwich.
1/29/2018 - Kofa National Wildlife Refuge, AZ
Today we left Bonita, California and drove to
Kofa National Wildlife Refuge a few miles south of Quartzsite in the Sonoran desert. It is beautiful and quiet. We couldn’t get the site that we camped in a
few years ago with friends but we did
find another one down the road from it and it was a great place to camp. Camping here is free but there are no amenities - we will use our solar panels or generator to keep the Casita's battery charged.
1/30/2018 - Kofa National Wildlife Refuge, AZ
Today we took a long hike down Palm Canyon road to
the parking lot for the trail to Palm Canyon. After dinner, Jim started the generator and he watched President Trump's State of
the Union address. I sat outside by the
fire.
1/31/2018 - Kofa National Wildlife Refuge, AZ
We got up at 6 a.m. this morning to see the
Super (full and close to the earth) Blue (2nd moon in a month) Blood (red color due to the total eclipse) Moon. It was amazing to see, especially in the
desert without any lights around. The
stars were gorgeous. Mid morning we
drove to the trailhead of Palm Canyon.
The hike is not long but is rocky.
The crevice at the end of the trail has the only native Palms in
Arizona. Then we drove to the Crystal Hill area
in Kofa National Wildlife Reserve. This was a
long, dusty, rough washboard road. At the end is
a primitive campground that has spaces big enough for a trailer. I wouldn’t want to drag the Casita down the
road to it. We looked around for crystals and found a few. At night we sat outside by the fire again.
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