Winds of March......

7:09 am - Friday - March 11th - Anza Borrego Desert, CA - 48° F, 8% humidity, wind - CALM! Calm for the first time in days....YAY!  Forecast high for today is 73° F.  On this date in 2016 TLE and I hiked to the top of Mt. Rubidoux near Riverside, CA.......↴

We thought the winds were done Wednesday evening, but early on Thursday (around 12:30 am) they returned with a vengeance gusting over 40 mph, and blew hard enough throughout the day to keep us indoors most of the time reading.  Amazingly, we did not lose anything to the wind like we did during our first stay here.  When I installed our wheel covers this time I used the special bungy cords which are provided by the manufacturer to secure them against the wind, and they worked!

The overnight wind/gusts were coming directly out of the north, and that means they are hitting the back of the raised solar panels.  I am always concerned about our tilted panels during high winds, even when the rears ones were not tilted that high.  Now, with the two rear panels having a much higher tilted profile I was more concerned, but as it turned out all was well when the sun rose over the eastern horizon......

Winds out of the north were pretty much the constant from early morning and throughout the entire day....the rear panels are doing great!

....we did venture out twice to take our two 1.25 mile walks, but that was pretty much it.  TLE made creamed eggs for dinner which we ate around 4 pm.  I really like having my final meal of the day earlier, so by the time I go to bed it is all digested.  Can't be a bad thing, right?  When we, regrettably, switch this Sunday back to DST we will probably go back to eating at 5 pm, as we'll be going to bed a little later.  Right now I go to bed around 9 pm since the sun comes up at 6 am.....once there is light coming through the windows I can't sleep anymore.  With the advent of DST the sun will be rising at 7 am, and going down at 6:30 pm, instead of 5:30 pm.

I was able to catch the sunset across the western horizon......

.....sunrises, and sunsets are part of the ongoing magic of the Anza Borrego Desert.  As I write this morning (Friday) the winds have abated.

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