Monday, January 23, 2012 --- We have arrived at Indio, CA our next resort. We are only here for a couple of days. Needed a place to stay in between long term stays.

While at Winterhaven, CA we still go by Mountain Time (Arizona). With the location being so close to the State Line and every time you go to town, you go to Yuma, AZ. So this morning we got up at 7:00 a.m. Mountain Time, by the time we got on the road it was 7:01 a.m. Pacific Time Zone. So it was only 9:45 when we arrived at campground.

We drove today in a area we haven't traveled before. We'd never seen the Salton Sea. Seeing a lake in the desert is very interesting and surprising to have it so big.

We are getting cloud cover from the northwestern storms coming into Washington and Oregon. No rain and wind here, but there is cloud cover. The clouds are beginning to leave the area.

Another picture of Salton Sea. The next picture tells how this lake came to be years ago.

This is a picture of the Salton Sea, southeastern part of California. The area that is now the lake was a salt-covered sink or depression about 280 ft (85 m) below sea level until 1905 – 06, when diversion controls on the Colorado River broke below the California-Mexico border and floodwaters rushed north, filling the depression. In 1907 a line of protective levees was built to prevent further deepening of the depression. The lake has an area of 344 sq mi (890 sq km). Its surface is now about 235 ft (72 m) below sea level, and its salinity is similar to that of seawater.

In the desert and here is this body of water.

Such a beautiful mountain.

At the inspection site this dog walks around your unit, with his master. So maybe he can smell Mexicans. I know he is used to smell drugs.

Had a border inspection on our way to Indio, CA. The joke is they just motion us through, no questions. You know these big RV's could store a lot of Mexicans but no one checks.

We seen different areas that they have planted palm trees. So very pretty. Still wish I could have one in my front yard. Okay, maybe just for the summer. LOL