Tim and I went to Borrego Springs this weekend with about 40 members. Our event host was ScottC . what a great time we had.
Borego Springs is a small out of the way town in the Anza borrego desert of Southern California. Beth and Elia host a March event there when the deseret is in bloom but this Christmas event is also a great time to visit the area and get out for a hike and some 4x4 offroad adventures.
Friday night we got there just as the sun was setting. We intended to be there around Noon but spent the morning in Tims office planning the Temecula WineCountry event and worked out last minutes details for Novembers Gay Pride in PalmSprings. To our disappointment we were to late to join the group on a sunset jeep run but we were able to take advantage of the great vistas from the campground as the red sky lit up the entire valley and gave way to a full moon.
Friday meet and Greet is one of my favorite treats. For the most part you can always count on making the hors d'oeuvre a meal and this event proved no exception.
There were about 6 new members and they fit right in. the new gals added to the fun and kept us cracking up later during the Saturday gift exchange. Jeffery the gift master coaked members to not only pick treasures hidden behind gift wrap, He egged us on to first check out the unwrapped gifts then trade your chance at a wrapped jewel with that gifts new owner. Sounds confusing but in the end we went home with great gifts and memories.
For some reason I have no ugly sweater pics on my camera so I hope some one blogs about with some pics. here is a link to Scotts Pics off of the RainbowRV site
Saturday day many of us went on a jeep tour of some canyons and then a 3 mile hike up to Palm Canyon. It was great to be out in the brisk desert air.
On Sunday Tim and I decided to join the other 8 members and stay one more night . Many of them went on a 6 hour Jeep tour but we had enough of the dirt and decided to visit the visitor center and explore the area.
Great folks, Great Time, we plan to make it back to Borego next year for the SoCal Christmas event. A special thanks to Scott and Jim for our Turkey and Ham dinner
Greg