Start with a little red Honda 2000 u generator.
a Saeco, Villa, espresso machine using a 
Go outside in the fresh 45 degree morning sunshine and start the generator. Then come back inside and push the button. The beans are ground, the water is injected, and out comes a perfect cup of foaming coffee.
Some things in life you just can’t do without.
Last night we attended the grand opening of the Borrego Springs Art Institute. Hundreds of people attended. Some from San Diego, others local, and lots of part timers like us.
This eagle, sculpted from wood was done by Paul Jorgenson, a local artist who also also created and sold bowls, spoons, spatulas, and furniture.
I met Paul while participating in the “Hawk Watch” project a few years ago. He loved birds and he love working with wood. Unfortunately, Paul died last year from a terminal cancer.
Sunday morning we met up with a group of 13 others to hike to the Lute Fault Scarp. This was an easy 3 mile loop across the desert, gaining about 300 feet.
One of the men was an amateur geologist and gave us a very informed explanation of the this particular fault in relationship to the other more known fault, the San Andreas.
After an overnight at Cahuilla Reservoir, a Riverside County Park in the Indio, Ca, area we moved on to Borrego Springs. If you haven’t been here, it’s a small but active community.
Christmas Circle is the entry point from the East.
On Fridays, there is a farmer’s market where get our fresh vegetables and fruits.
It’s been two years since we have been here and there are a few changes. One of the old buildings has been converted into The “Borrego Art Institute.”
The grand opening will be on Sunday afternoon and we plan to attend.
We’re boon docking in the same place we were two years ago. It’s very pleasant, close to downtown, and very quiet.
Marlene spent the afternoon repairing a seam in our bike cover and then did some quilting using the old Singer Featherweight.
After a night in the parking lot of the Salinas Costco, we headed south on the Big Sur Highway, California 1. 
We stopped for lunch on a nice overlook.
About 40 miles south of Carmel, Ca, we came to Kirk Creek Camp Ground. It was such a beautiful spot that we decided to stop and spend a couple of days.
A trail from the campground led down to a secluded cove. 
Another trail led up the side of the mountain above the campground and we used this one for getting our daily aerobic walk, 30 minutes uphill and 20 minutes back down.
We started out yesterday, Wednesday the 9th knowing that it could be snowing in the Siskiyou passes. By the end of the day we were in Grants Pass and found a nice quiet parking spot near a vacant building in a strip mall. When we woke up today, it had snowed lightly over night, but heavy snow was predicted in the mountains. 
We stopped for lunch in Crescent City and took our daily walk along the water front.
The afternoon took us through the red woods and Eureka, Ca. We stopped there to take another walk through old town.
Tonight finds us in a beautiful campground in Benbow, Ca. We had a delicious dinner in the lodge and are now settled in for a night of reading our Nooks.
