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Borrego
Desert Flower Tour
"Eastern San Diego County"
This is another Randy & Diane Solle Tour.
Our Chapter will be traveling to the Borrego Desert with hope of seeing a carpet
of Desert flowers. The Spring of 2011 in So. Calif. has had an abundance
of rain this winter which is positive for desert flowers, however, the
temperature was "relatively" chilly which is negative on desert flowers.
The basic bottom-line is our tourers don't need flowers to make success, just a
great chance to drive our C-1's and fellowship amongst ourselves. Thank
you once again, Randy & Diane Solle for a great weekend.
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Many of our tourer's
somewhere between Temecula and Palm Desert. Note the
background mountains with snow. The temperature is
somewhat chilly. Several members joined us for the day and
returned home but a large percentage stayed the night in Borrego
Springs.
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With the threat of rain on
the Friday before our Flower Tour began, several with
significant distances stayed the Friday night in Temecula, the
location for the beginning of the tour. This provided
another chance to dinner and party before the tour. Also
on the agenda was wandering through Old Town Temecula for
antique treasures.
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Beginning the tour, note
the threatning weather and the jackets. Our touring began
at 10AM but we waited for Larry Pearson to arrive from Burbank
and he was only 10 minutes late. Above Larry is seen
turning in his insurance waiver, and we were off. |
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Lunch time in Palm Desert
had very mild temperatures and our 20 Corvettes caused a great
show in this money rich town. |
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Weather became somewhat
windy after leaving Palm Desert. We drove south on the
west side of Salton Sea. This entrapped salty sea water is
a very large body of water. |
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Bob Brown sits proudly
waiting to go to lunch in Palm Desert. Right, group turns
into Palm Canyon Resort, destination for the night in Borrego. |
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Nearby our Resort was
this mid-century Inn called The Palms at Indian Head.
This establishment was built in the 50's and was a noted
retreat for many of the Hollywood set. Our group
stopped by for a visit and an evening cocktail.
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The Palms at Indian Head |
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The Group visiting the
Borrego National Park on Sunday morning. Pleasant day before we
climb the hill and head west and cooler air. |
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Southern California
Solid Axle Corvette Club |
