Blessings #6

Our blog entry is a bit later today since we spent some time at the College of the Desert Street Fair. It is a lot like Thursday nite's street fair but way better and way bigger. It is very hot today. As we drove back to the villa, the car temperature gauge for outside said 100 degrees for part of the drive. But the time we got back to the villa, it cooled down to 97! Time for the pool again! Here is a photo of us four in the pool.

Last night was very special and another blessing! We decided to travel the 60 miles again from our villa to the Keys West viewpoint but this time to see the sunset and see the stars. We a sight! We arrived right before 6pm when the sun was already behind Mt. San Jacinto. We saw the orange in the sky change to darker and darker. It was very warm for 5100 ft above see level. Just around 60 degrees. We stayed there for a while and we were not the only ones who wanted to see this sight! A few other couples were there as well but left before we did. Then it felt erie. We were the only ones left at the viewpoint and it was very dark! There are no houses, businesses anywhere near! We were very alone! We drove back to the Cap Rock palring area and then took a few minutes in the pitch black to view the stars. The moon was just a sliver shape but very bright. We were able to see a portion of the Milky Way though and also the Big and Little Dippers!

View towards Los Angeles with a Joshua tree in the foreground. Mt San Jacinto on the left side.

This photo was taken viewing east from the Keys West viewpoint. Just to show the cool landscape! That is the Salton Sea in the background which apparently is 50 times saltier than the ocean and is about 235 ft lower than sea level!

After coming back from Joshua Tree National Park it was time to head to the pool again. We met a very nice couple from Fullerton, California and we all talked till just about 11pm! Found out lots of info about the States!