Weather And Whales

posted: Wednesday, 20 February 2008

Still in San Diego, when we woke up we learnt there'd been an earthquake in the night- which explained the noise which woke me up in the night!

We'd decided to spend the morning whale watching and of course the day was completely foggy and rainy! Still we're made of harder stuff so drove into town and decided to take a chance. Even though it was so foggy we couldn't even see the tops of the buildings.
We saw a total of zero whales or dolphins but did spot a seagull! Three and a half hours later and we were back in the harbour, wet, cold and sea-sick and headed onto Palm Springs, hoping for better weather.

A few hours later, after an amazing drive through some fabulous scenery and sand storms, we were there. When the sun came out it was lovely but we could see lots of snow on some mountain tops- so much for sunny LA!
As we approached Palm Springs we were struck by the sheer quantity of Wind turbines. I'm used to seeing them driving in Cornwall and France but to see so many thousands of them in one place was awe-inspiring.

We checked into a hotel and chilled out. Later in the evening we went out for dinner and a walk and realised there was a lunar eclipse happening.

So in one day we experienced an earthquake, rain, fog, sun, sand storms, wind and a lunar eclipse- no wonder we were so tired!