Beach sand to desert sand

From Menifee we decided it was about time we chilled out on a beach for a bit so we headed down to Silver Strand State beach in Coronado, about 10 miles south of San Diego. The 8 mile strip of land has the Pacific Ocean on one side and San Diego Bay on the other. The campground was just a tarmac parking lot with water and electric hook ups at each site, but the beach and ocean were literally less than a minute away from our door.

It was lovely to have a nice cooling breeze during the sweltering temperatures of the day. I only paddled knee deep in the ocean as the water was too cold for me (I know, I'm a wuss) but Mark would go in regularly to cool down. He did say at one point that everything below his teeth was frozen. The sunsets were amazing and here are just a few:

After a week chilling out at the beach, we headed inland to Palm Springs and the campground where we started our US life on the road 4 years ago (and where we met our good friends Pris and Bill).  The day we arrived it was 110F/43C which was still a bit of a shock for late October. The temperatures have been unseasonably high due to the Santa Ana winds which also fueled the wildfires.  The sunsets here have been quite nice too:

and so is the wild life. This roadrunner wandered very hesitantly through our site. I think it was on the lookout for Wylie Coyote :-)