Thursday, February 12, 2009

Day 31 - Feb 8th - Twentynine Plams

Up early this AM and decide to get on the road - weather looks good today. We had been holding off for a couple of days as weather was threatening rain and wind so we were "On Hold" but sun shining this morning and calm, so stored everthing and on the road by 8:00AM. Cruised down Highway 62 to I-10 and then through Indio, veered to right onto Highway # 82 and followed south past the Salton Sea. We were quite surprised as we hadn't been on that highway for a couple of years and found a lot more activity along that route. It had always been rather desolete as a result of the salty ground from the below sea level Salton Sea. But now we see housing projects and tourist stuff showing up. Saw one new housing development wth show homes starting at $99,990. Looked like fairly good homes too. They must be trying to attract people to the area. Not sure what you would do here, but don't be surprised if some golf courses don't spring up. Not sure where the water will come from, but we do see the odd Palm tree growing here and there. Arrived at El Centro about noon and turned west for 8 miles on I-8 to Drew Road, then south 1/2 mile to the Rio Bend RV Park. Seems quite nice, and we are parked right on the little lake. Set up, clean house, make supper, take some photos, and end of day.

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