Easter in the desert

Well, that was a pretty good day....
Happy Easter to my four chicks and all others reading. We thought about you today.

Started the day at La Quinta farmers market to pick up our final week's fresh vegetables, cheese and bread. Stopped for a latte at the coffee shop on La Quinta Main Street where we could people and dog-watch.

Then after a lazy day of watching the Masters, reading books, and suntanning by the pool, we packed up a picnic lunch and drove back up to Joshua Tree National Park to see the sunset. The colours of the desert were bright in the lower light and the temperature was actually cool after a day of 85 plus. Bill coaxed me to the top of a pile of giant granite boulders to sit for our picnic and to watch the sunset. We didn't see much wildlife - two kangaroo rats, a pair of cactus wrens, and a tiny bat but the light was gorgeous and the air perfect.