BORREGO SPRINGS,CA---GO THERE---FIND GOLD

I REJOINED THE WINs (Wandering Individuals Network: rvsingles.org) after a hiatus of 3 years and rediscovered the joys of belonging to a mobile tribe.

This is the best of travel groups in my opinion because they do it together---and cheaply--have a 20 yr history--a very satisfying culture that respects privacy and freedom--yet knows how to act cooperatively.  They're friendly and fun to be with.

They asked me to compose a poem about the experience here. (Peg Leg Smith--an old prospector who based here in the desert and claimed to have found a fabulous gold mine) Here's the poem I wrote and performed: The gold boa is for effect.

Finding Peg Leg’s Gold

There’s gold, there’s gold, there’s gold here ’bouts.

Peg Leg Smith was right!

There's lots and lots of gold around

And most of it's in sight.

A golden sun up from that hill,

Broadcast on every channel,

Beaming golden kilowatts

On every solar panel.

Here’s golden agers by the dozen

Sharing this holiday,

Eating golden turkey in

Our golden hide-a-way.

We’re making golden memories-

What more could one desire?

Than sharing golden moments

Around a golden fire.

Some say gold is where you find it-

Where miners dig and take it.

I say gold of the precious kind

Is where good people make it.

About 75 of us collaborated on Thanksgiving dinner.

Went hiking in the nearby canyons

marveled at the metal sculptures scattered across the landscape around Borrego Springs.

These are new ones since I was last here.

Love the detail on this one. I estimate there are a total of 100 of them.  All depict the various animals and people who visited or lived in this area.

And speaking of living in the area----some miles away are the remnants of an incredibly bold mountain top experiment.  Read about it here and here.

It's about 20 miles away from Borrego Springs and a challenging climb up a mountain.

Here's what's left.

Water was stored here.

Looking down from their mountaintop home. For 17 years they lived here.

RANDY PHILOSOPHIZES:  It's a weird, wild and wonderful world out there.  GO SEE IT.

There are warm, wise, wandering folks to share the experience with. CONNECT UP.