At The Salton Sea With Bonnie
Above, the last picture of this delightful day.
And below, the first.
I’ve had a pretty negative impression of the Salton Sea from a few visits decades ago, that it was all ramshackle lodgings, random farm animals, and stinky, so one of the best parts of today was to have that impression overturned, at least here at the Salton Sea State Recreation Area.
We arrived around 4pm, ready for some of that sweet Golden Hour photophoto but little did we expect such serenity.
Our attraction was the bird migrations that pass though here, and the year-round residents as well. We didn’t get the flocks we had hoped for but anyway I got plenty of fuzzy (rather pathetic) pictures that were fun to take. Walking to the shore was problematic since the ground was both slippery and squishy so we couldn’t get very close. Still what birds that were there were very enjoyable to watch.
I enjoy the sound of a passing train and this sound went on for a very long time. Here’s Bonnie catching a shot.
How long IS this train!
You can see a picnic bench in the upper right.
There were other covered picnic spots with wonderful views and also some camping spots set nearer the road.
Notice what looks like sand in this picture above and you’ll find that basically the entire ‘ground’ that surrounds this part of the lake is made up of barnacles, major big ouchies on your feet! Here is a link with sooo-much-information but you can search for barnacles in the article and learn what’s the what.
It’s Us.
Getting to the end of the day.
Gotta do shadows.
And then we were off for a yummy dinner. I super-liked this place, full of families, young couples on dates, old people enjoying a night out. It was another surprise since it felt like they were all local people and mostly Spanish speakers. And then we had a good sleep at a Fairfield Hotel in Indio so we could have a morning visit too. What a great day, and more tomorrow!
