After shower report.....

7:45 am - Monday - March 14th - Anza Borrego Desert, CA -  51° F, 37% humidity, wind 2 mph out of the northeast......crystal clear, blue, sunny skies again today sans the wind from yesterday afternoon, and evening....the forecast high is 84° F.   Sunrise was 6:56 am, and sunset will be at 6:52 pm.....almost 12 hours of sunlight today.  On this date in 2012 we boarded the Galveston Free Ferry to the Bolivar Peninsula.....↴

Galveston Free Ferry....and it was, indeed, free!  Took us from Galveston Island to the Bolivar Peninsula

Taking a rest stop on the Bolivar Peninsula

We spent the night at Tim and Laila's home after Daniel and Cynthia's wedding shower, and were up Sunday morning with the sunrise....now just before 7 am, instead of 6 am as it had been Saturday.....thank you DST!

Baby girl Bowie

Crosby riding his UPS truck down a ramp

....here are a few more Wedding Shower pictures from Saturday night....

With Daniel and Cynthia

Hamming it up!

....after a cup of coffee to get our engines running, and exchanging 'until next times' with Tim, Laila, Crosby and Bowie we were in the VW by 8:30 am heading back to the Anza Borrego Desert.  The drive eastward on SR-60, and then I-10 was uneventful, and soon we were passing through the windmill farm just before Palm Springs......

.....we exited I-10 at Washington (Palm Desert) to stop at a local Stater Brothers to pick up a few groceries, such as Peppered Bacon.  As we walked through the store (near intersection of Washington and Highway 111) I was struck by how well ALL of the shelves were stocked.  I haven't seen anything like this in a few months....rarely did I see any empty spaces, and the paper goods aisle was completely stocked!.....

All I can say is WOW!!!

When was the last time you saw the paper good aisle completely stocked?

.....after Stater Brothers we made three more stops....first at the nearby COSTCO fuel station to take on 10 gallons of unleaded premium at $5.73/gallon (the best in town), and we were grateful to pay that little....at most stations it was over $6!  Next we went into COSTCO to get a few things we only buy there, then back in the VW to cover the final 57 miles home.

Our next, and final stop was at the Salton City Travel Plaza where I picked up a Mocha Frappuccino, and TLE an ice coffee for the final 20 miles up S-22 to our home.  We arrived just before 1 pm.....just before the winds freshened, and did they ever freshen as the afternoon wore on.  We had planned to have a late lunch at The Red Ocotillo around 3:30 pm, and in spite of the wind at our boondock site we decided to drive into Borrego Springs anyway.  We arrived at the restaurant just before 3:30 pm to find their alfresco dining was virtually wind free, so we found a table to our liking and settled in for a nice afternoon meal....

.....since we are attempting to lose weight (and never find it again) we opted to share an entrée, which choice I delegated to TLE....she chose the French Dip with a side Caesar Salad to replace the French Fries.....she is much stronger than I.  It was a great choice, and just the right amount of food.....

....yup, just the right amount of food.  I decided to have ice tea instead of a draft brew....thank you TLE for helping me to be strong.  The late afternoon breezes in town were delightfully balmy as we passed the time talking, and enjoying our food.  Most restaurants will charge you for the extra plate if you are sharing an item, but not The Red Ocotillo....our total tab was $23 plus tip....another benefit of dieting....lol!

Even though the winds were not bad in town, they continued to rage at our boondock site, and were there to greet us upon our return around 5 pm.  We spent the rest of the afternoon/early evening indoors, and I spent a few hours after sunset catching up on some of the YouTube channels I follow....man, I was really behind!

By 10 pm I was ready for bed, and TLE followed about 30 minutes later.  The wind was coming directly out of the northwest, so the I opened my bedroom window on the south side of the coach to let in a little fresh air.  By 1, or 2 am the winds had completely vanished, and the rest of the night it was so quiet you could literally hear a pin drop.

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