Borrego Springs has been declared a Dark Sky Community by the International Dark Sky Association. The IDA defines a Dark Sky Community as “a town, city, municipality, or other legally organized community that has shown exceptional dedication to the preservation of the night sky through implementation and enforcement of quality codes, dark sky education, and citizen support of dark skies.
For us it means an absolutely clear view of the night skies from our place in the desert. It also means we can go to bed at night with the shades lifted and the windows open if it’s warm enough. This results in an unobstructed view of “Indian Head Mountain” from my pillow when I wake up in the morning.
I love to lay there watching the sun slowly creep down the mountain till the whole valley and the village is lighted.
Some days, like last week the view changes with the weather.
Sunday was a sunny day and we took a hike up Palm Canyon with our friends, Jim and Lynn.
The hike is moderately tough, but the rewards are great.
After a quick lunch, down hill hiking and home by 1:00 pm.
During our walk to the town center the other day, we stopped a garden art vendor. The Asian statuaries made me think of our son and his family who are traveling right now in Thailand and Malaysia.
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