More of the Desert

My book on Southwest cacti says that the cholla cactus very seldom spreads by seeds. It is more likely to spread by dropping pieces of itself which then, if lucky, will take root and start a new cactus. There was a great deal of wind that came with the rains a couple of weeks ago. This cholla cactus seems to have shed a great many pieces on the ground around it -- lots of new babies to come!

I was excited about finding some blooming flowers -- maybe spring is on the way? But again my Sonoran Desert Wildflowers book told me that the bitterbush blooms from November through May...

We didn't see a whole lot of them, but there was one area where they were all along the road --

Today wasn't quite a nice as yesterday. It was warm, but there were lots of clouds moving through. I don't know if the rainstorms that are moving through California tonight will come this far or not.

I did hang the sheets and towels out to dry today on the clotheslines outside the RV Park laundry. It is so nice to be at a park that doesn't forbid clotheslines! So many of them seem to think they are tacky or are worried about the way the park might look with clothes flying in the breeze.