Today wasn't only cloudy we actually had rain. We had more rain than I've ever seen in the desert in a single day. NOAH weather reported .15 to .5 inches. That's a lot for the Sonoran Desert when the annual average is three inches. In the years we have been coming to the desert there is no doubt that climate change is impacting the environment. Some of these plants are experiencing two or three springs because spring triggers, that used to happen only later in the year, are now happening multiple times. As we drive through our beloved wilderness human impact is very obvious. Coming across the Chihuahuan and Sonoran deserts there is clearly a point at which the marvelous desert vegetation diminishes as we get close to so-called civilization.
Pamela and our friend who is camping by us went exploring. I worked on proof reading. Only ten typos in 180 pages. Not too bad.
More friends arrived today. A couple from South Dakota, whom we first met when we were working at Glacier National Park, are gearing up to go full-time. They don't have a lot of experience boondocking so they're spending some time with us. Boondocking is camping/living in the wilderness (in this case the desert) without any amenities. You must be totally self-contained. We love boondocking and spend about 80% of our time doing it, but there is a steep learning curve. There are now five of us in three rigs. Hey, we could be a California town. The nearby town of Felicity, CA, which you will find on Google maps, has a population of two!
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