Some highlights from my California vacation:

* Jonas got up early to find 11 geocaches to get us closer to #2500.

* Drove to Calexico and parked our car at a 2-hour meter.

* Walked across the border to Mexicali, Mexico. Hired a taxi to take us 14 miles W of town to Laguna Salada, an enormous, empty, dry salt lake bed, in order to find our 2500th geocache. Woohoo! Our taxi driver was congenial, but probably thought we were nuts.

* Our taxi driver took us to a restaurant he recommended, El Sarape Restaurant & Bar. He and Jonas enjoyed beers while we waited for take-out.

* Take-out in hand, we paid and said farewell to our taxi driver, and then got in line for U.S. customs, hoping our food wouldn't get cold by the time we got to eat. Customs by foot only took about 10 minutes. We showed them our passports, but they weren't interested in our take-out meal.

* Back at the car, our 2-hour meter had expired, but it couldn't have been too long. Found a coffee shop with outdoor seating and enjoyed our mouth-watering Mexican take-out.

* Extremely windy drive back to Palm Springs. Sand was blowing everywhere!


Day 6 photos begin here.