Bonita, California

We enjoyed a local camp out with the Rockwood RV Club

Sweetwater Reservoir

Ranger Hawk Talk

Red Tailed Hawk

Buteo Hawk

Great Horned Owl

Group outing to the Tijuana River Estuary, located on the Mexico/United States border,
in Imperial Beach, California.

This reserve is a good place for bird-watching since as many as 370 bird species, both native and migrating, use the area as a stopover or for breeding.  Guests can take a walk on North and South McCoy trails, where they can access primary bird-watching areas and the mouth of Tijuana River, where it empties directly into Pacific Ocean.

Lunch on the pier at Tin Fish

Group dinner at Murrieta's

Agua Caliente

Lots of caterpillars and butterflies

Nice view of the Badlands

Palm Spring
Here was a Palm-Studded desert resting place, 1826-1866 for Mexican Pioneers, Mountain Men, the Army of the West, Mormon Battalion, Boundary Commission, Forty-Niners, Railway Survey, Butterfield Overland Mail Stages, and California Legion.  It was the site of the Butterfield Stage Station built in 1858 by Warren F Hall.  California Registered Historical Landmark No 639

Clusters of desert palms have been a welcome sight for centuries with the promise of shade and water.

Stagecoach drivers, guards, and passengers on the Butterfield Overland Mail Line were among the more romanticized travelers to stop here.

Hollywood and Vine

Arroyo Tapiado's Caves

Bypassing the big mud puddle

Whoever said this never went exploring with us

Lunch time

Rainbow Wash

Hiking the Moonlight Canyon Trail

Unfortunately not all the butterflies in the migration made it

Made it home in time for a birthday dinner at Hodad's in Ocean Beach