Christmas Day 2012

Christmas morning!  No chimney for Santa to come down, but the Minnie RV had this nice tree.  Couldn't find a Pine, so had to settle for Green Apple 

Lots of rough county.  Many dune buggies, quads and dirt bikes play here.

The little dual sport will get a good workout this week

Washes like this can be pretty tricky to ride in

Badlands, or Goodlands.  Guess it's your prospective.....

One of the local watering holes.  We heard the food is good here.

There was 4 or 5 of these safety, but I only included a couple

We share the desert with them

Doesn't look like it much this time of year, but the desert is alive!

The Anza-Borrego Wildlife park covers 630,000 acres.  There are 30 some palm oasis areas in it.

California Fan Palm

The entrance to the underground visitor center.  Unless you know where this is, it can be hard to find.  From on top, it just looks like a bridge

This is the top of the visitor center.  You wouldn't know what's under here!

There are ventilators hid in the weeds. This part of the desert is over the underground center.

Desert buttercup

There are a couple dozen varieties of cactus 

A home for black ants

Desert flower

Teddy Bear cactus look fuzzy, but they can reach out and jump on you!  Really, they don't, but they are very stickery.

This tiny little humming bird  was getting some sun in a bush.

There are some fish in this desert pool.  They have ancestors that have been here since pre-historic ages.

Large Palm tree

Inside the gift shop in the underground rooms.  They have some beautiful displays in the visitor center

We spent a lot of time in here today.  Very enjoyable.

Wilie Coyote

Chasing this Roadrunner

Nice Kitty....these are native to this area

We took the bikes out to see some of the metal structures around Borrego Springs. They are spectacular.  Probably over a hundred stuck out in the desert.

Pat took this over my shoulder from the bike.  Second time Kel has been on a ride.

Many different species

Grasshopper eating some Asian lady

This was a large group of tourists that were visiting in the area.  we ran into them at the visitor center earlier.  They liked this Scorpion~

Another one

Metal shavings look like fur

Pat took this one on the fly!

Steven is a happy boy!

Dragon

The Dragon is on both sides of the road

Off again

Indian Chief

Couple of lovely ladies checking out the "hard body"

Nice young many stopped and asked if we all wanted to be in the picture.  So we took him up on it.

Hungry little porkers

Dancing lady

The turn around

Here they come

Kel looks like she's been riding for a long time.  She's really going to be a good rider.

Sunset on December 25th, 2012.  From the back yard of the Casa RK

Steven and Kel have a pair of tiny chairs!  They have a very comfortable home.

On the way to dinner at a local Resort/Country Club.  Are these happy faces?   This is the last picture of Christmas 2012.  Thanks, Steven and Kelly for making it a Special Day.