Trip to Borrego Springs

Since we didn't have a formal schedule yet, we decided to take the morning and go to Borrego Springs, about 30 miles from the park, and check out the post office and the town. The ride from the park out to the town was a new experience. There are RV's and off roader's everywhere you look. The country is beautiful with mountains all around and desert plants of all kinds. The Anza Borrego State Park is a beautiful park that we traveled through on the way. The city of Borrego Springs (below) is a town that, we are told, is like Palm Springs was about 75 years ago.

We drove around the town and came across a very small Mall where we stopped and had breakfast at a restaurant named Kendall's. It was excellent and we will definitely return some day. We also took a picture of the cafe as we returned and it shows just how busy that place is all day long and evening:

We returned home about 1 PM and went up to the office to see if we were needed. It is a little frustrating for us right now since we don't have formal schedules and don't know when we should be available. Our afternoon duty was to clean out the new coffee cart that is going to be used as a Starbuck's type kiosk next to the office. We expect to be the primary staff responsible for its operation beginning next weekend. That will definitely be a new experience for us. The plan is to sell coffee to park residents in the AM and have pizza available - by slice or whole - in the evenings. We'll see how that goes.

Today is really another unknown except that we need to complete the cleaning of the coffee cart. The park will empty out today as everybody goes home on Sunday. Overall, this weekend was a huge improvement, business wise, over any they've had so far. That's about it for now...