Holy Smoke Dust

As we came down out of the mountains west of Coachella valley in California, nearing Palm Springs, the blowing sand obscured the landscape.

Mountains disappeared!

Amazing!

This spring seems to have been very windy. There have been days when the motorhome has been rocked back and forth while we have been parked. Today is another one of those days, with sustained winds up to 30 mph, and gusts even higher. Mr. Dreamy has had to contend with winds while driving on occasion... well, actually on almost every occasion we have had to drive! Our new motorhome handles much better in the wind, but there have been some gusts that have knocked us for a bit of a loop.

As we drove into Palm Desert, CA the wind was howling. Sand was blowing across the road through holes in the concrete road construction barriers, creating small sand drifts that were torn apart and thrown back into the wind by the cars passing by. The desert scrub along the side of the road had collected small sand drifts on the lee side of each plant struggling to get a foothold in the arid landscape. We were glad to get off the highway and get parked in a campground with some trees that provided a bit of shelter.