Naturally, the temperature kept rising the farther south we drove. Temperatures in the sixties are quite pleasant, especially when the sun is shining.
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| Orange tree in Casa Grande, Arizona |
Winter in Arizona and California is like summer in Bettles–but there are no grapefruit and orange trees in Bettles.
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| Nelson’s first night in California |
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| Foothills of east of San Diego |
The geology across southern California was interesting and not what I expected. First there were sand dunes on the east side, then lots of desert and then boulder-filled mountains before San Diego. The mountain pass was over 4000 feet on the freeway and we came from sea level on the eastern side.
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| Imperial Sand Dunes, southern California |
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| Four-wheelers playing on sand dunes (dark dots in middle of photo), southern California |
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| Mountains to the east of San Diego covered with boulders eroding off the mountains |
