Like stable horses heading for the barn

Checking out the view at Walnut Canyon

The largest meteor fragment found by man

Art checking out the Astronaut pod at Meteor Crater Museum courtyard

We had a gorgeous ride through the Mojave Desert yesterday. So many thrilling silhouettes of mountains in the background. Some smooth and curvilinear and some jagged and perilouslooking. Art calls off all the  arboreal shifts and tells me the names of flowers I've never been acquainted with. The subtle colors on the carpeted ground are like an ever changing quilt. Every once in a while the valley floors take on the feel of a mirage. I could have sworn I was seeing an inland sea framed by alluvial fans more than once.

We slept in Barstow last night and will be heading out for some bird watching. We're going to visit an Audubon bird refuge today near the Kern River. Then cross  over to 101 and on up the hill to Burlingame where the car is stored. We're like a couple of stable horses heading for the barn. We look forward to being back to northern California. See you soon.