We had a glimpse of the Palm Springs-type resorts and golf courses as we headed up into the Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument area past Indian Wells and Palm Desert.
The winding zigzagging road up the steep mountainside gave Indy a dizzy spell, so we decided to call it quits on driving for the day and found a little spot at a State Park at the top of the mountain - cheapest paid-for site yet - $8 - loving American value!!
We awoke in our little site (cheap but not scenic) and decided to hit the road before breaky and find a nice little spot to eat, so we headed off on more back roads and found an airstrip used by gliders.
We saw a few getting towed up into the air and gliding back down again while chowing down on dad's famous breakfast burritos (a.k.a. leftovers in a wrap!)We drove through beautiful horse ranches and apple growing territory and stopped off in a quaint little town called Julian.
We strolled through the township and bought one of Mom's Bakery's apple and boysenberry pies. After gorging ourselves we continued through to San Diego.
Luxury tonight - we're staying in a campground with hook-ups!! We've done four nights straight with no electricity (or anything else) and so being back in civilisation with electricity and connectivity and plumbing connections is VERY nice.
The boys have been going nuts in the campground playground and pool. We're excited about checking out everything in San Diego, starting tomorrow.