Southern California

One hundred ninety four miles west and north of Coachella, we find ourselves in a little town in the Santa Clara valley where both Donna and I were born and raised. It's an agricultural area, with tracts of citrus orchards, strawberry and vegetable fields and lovely mountains defining the valley as it rushes to the Pacific Ocean. The weather is mild year-round and perfect for flowers and crops of all kinds.

Forgive the reflections of the motorhome dash panel, but the sun was right overhead and shining right through the five acres of windshield!

I 10 west out of the Palm Springs area is known for its wind farms.  The "breeze" continually blows through the pass between Banning and Palm Springs, and over time power generation windmills have been installed. Check out the plastic bag stuck to the fence in the second photo.  No more plastic bags, Uncle Jerry!

West of Banning and Beaumont, I 10 runs through Redlands, Colton, and Rancho Cucamonga. Montclair leads into San Dimas and Glendora via Highway 57. From there, I 210 heads due west into the San Fernando Valley via Pasadena, Glendale, and La Canada Flintridge. If you've watched the annual Rose Parade on 1 January you've seen beautiful floats from all these cities. I 210 connects to I 5 just south of Santa Clarita, where we left the freeway to go to our "ancestral home".

We'll be here for five nights visiting my mother and sister.  Sis has a medical procedure scheduled, and we need to be here as a support team.  I probably won't be posting much for a few days, but check back in the first of next week to catch up.

Thanks!