by Karin H Wilson | Mar 30, 2019 | Exploring Close to Home, Photography Tips
…had to stop and get a photo… I was curious how long the flowers would last, and how they had changed in the last two weeks, in Borrego Springs. So I took another ride out there last week to check things out. Today I’ll review how I like to approach taking photos at a...
by Karin H Wilson | Mar 14, 2019 | Exploring Close to Home
…snow-capped mountains in the distance… PLEASE NOTE: The city of Lake Elsinore has shut down the poppy fields. Make sure you check before you go to see if they have reopened. They are calling it the Poppy Apocalypse! I had no idea that poppies covered the hills at...
by Karin H Wilson | Mar 8, 2019 | Exploring Close to Home
…see purple patches in the distance… I have been thinking about the wildflowers in Borrego Springs since my last visit, a couple weeks ago, and decided to do a mid week trip to avoid the crowds (if this was going to be a super bloom year I did not want to miss out). I...
by Karin H Wilson | Feb 15, 2019 | Exploring Close to Home
…safety glasses, helmets, and steel toe shoes… We came out to Borrego Springs to go on a tour of the Imperial Valley geothermal plant near the Salton Sea on Friday. The tour was through the Anza-Borrego Desert Natural History Association (ABDNHA). If you’ve been out...
by Karin H Wilson | Nov 30, 2018 | Experience the World
Photograph ©2018 Franz Fischer … you are so excited that you just see big picture stuff … Two very different whale shark experiences — Baja and Philippines Both were amazing! Whale sharks have been on my list of things to see for a long time. They are not whales, but...
by Karin H Wilson | Oct 14, 2018 | Road Trip Adventures
… animals, mazes, circles, human forms, and suns … To come across petroglyphs that were pecked into rock over 1,000 years ago is so exciting. It is fun to recognize and relate to some of the shapes — a human form with a bundle on his back, the shape of the sun...
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