High Desert

We're visiting Anza in the high desert, relaxing while staying at Annette & Guido's house as our get away. We arrived yesterday afternoon and were treated to a wonderful sunset.

We always feel very relaxed up here at about 4000feet. Waking after a restful sleep in a totally quiet and dark place (no street lights), we were treated to a typical Southern California day of blue sky. It fit our plans perfectly as we had decided to head to Idyllwild. On the way, we took a side trip and stopped where the Pacific Crest Trail crosses the 74 Highway for a walk north on the trail for about a mile and enjoyed the vastness of the country.

Going North

Going South

Then we headed on to Idyllwild where we stopped to relax at a great bakery called 'Honey Bunns and Joe' for tea and goodies. We invited two locals, Ruth and Linda, to join us at our table. Both are originally from San Diego and just moved here recently.

We met the sister of our hosts Misha, Summer and Sunrise in Vista, Kiki, who has lived up here for the last four years and was able to be our guide in the town, pointing out some of the points of interest we may have missed otherwise.

Kiki & Patricia

We did lots of walking and a very pleasant day was had by all.