907 February 23, 2023 Crazy Weather!

Last night it was very dark in Borrego Springs.   This is a dark sky community and there are very few streetlights,  and no traffic lights.  Businesses have red or muted lights.  But last night, there was no power.   Because of cloudy conditions, there was no moonlight, though the moon is just a sliver now anyway.  All the stores and restaurants were shuttered and closed.  After sunset, a car pulled up into the hotel/resort parking lot, I cannot imagine what it must have been like to drive into this place with no light.

After 30 hours our power was restored.  We were grateful that we were to be able to use our generator and our propane furnace. 

I had to wait for rain showers to pass before I started my morning walk. 

Even so, as I was walking back, I got caught in more rain.

It rained on and off all day.

We went out in the late afternoon to go to the post office and to get drinking water.  We saw this rainbow over the desert.

We decided to go look at the snowcapped mountains.  Tim drove into Coyote Canyon.

So pretty.

We went back to Kesling’s Kitchen for dinner.  Moroccan chicken salad and a shrimp white bean pasta salad were both hits!

Now we are back in the RV listening to more rain.  The weather certainly has been strange.  We read that during the wind storm on Tuesday winds were measured at 60mph here in Borrego Springs.  It is 15-25 degrees cooler here than normal.  It is snowing in the mountains with a forecast for much more in the next two days.  Crazy weather!