Indio

Our Condo in Indio

This is a historic resort on a historic golf resort. Our unit looks like something out of Perry Mason. Pretty, well historic. Actually it's small and cozy. Our rental car is parked in front.
We all went to the weekend market at The College of the Desert on Saturday. It was huge and interesting. Karen found something to wine about.
Bob was admiring the water features and trying to convince the guy to provide free shipping to Salem.
Today Cheryl and I drove down to the Salton Sea and viewed one of the largest oops in American history. While this was originally part of the Gulf of California, it dried up about 5000 years ago.

227 feet below sea level

This lake was formed in 1905-6 when an irrigation ditch was cut from the Colorado River to provide irrigation to the valley. It flooded widening the ditch to over 1000 feet wide and poured millions of tons of water into the area at the rate of 7 inches per day for almost 2 years before they could get it stopped. Today the Salton Sea is saltier than the Pacific ocean and is growing again because of the snow run off from the mountains to the west. It is 35 miles long and 15 miles wide with no outlet. Many birds and three species of fish abound in the lake. The salt and mineral deposits discourage most plant from growing. In the summer the water temperature reaches 90 degrees. We plan on returning to do some hiking in the area before we leave.