Whitewater Preserve visit

Hubby was off work yesterday and I decided that instead of him sitting at his laptop all day like he did on Tuesday, perhaps we should go for a drive.  So, we headed off to the Whitewater Preserve, which is only about a 30 minute drive from our house.

It's a completely different world up there.  It's surrounded on 3 sides by tall cliffs and bighorn sheep are frequently seen in the meadow and up on the cliffs.  In fact, the first bighorn sheep I ever saw were up there.  Hawks fly around and there are all kinds of birds.  Yesterday I listened to the calls of a red winged blackbird.There are trout in the ponds and yesterday lizards were out on the walkways doing pushups!

We didn't arrive until 10 a.m. and by 11:30, it was getting HOT.  It was another triple digit day in Palm Springs, so even up there, it was quite warm!  We are expecting a cool down with temps into the 80's starting tomorrow!   :-)

 I love this place!  That's the ranger station and visitor center.

 One of our new-found friends!

 So peaceful...

 Another new friend...

Beautiful, peaceful scene...