About six years ago, Borrego Springs became the home of a menagerie of freestanding life-size sculptures of creatures like Sea Monsters, oversized scorpions and grasshoppers, dinosaurs, wild horses, camels and many more real and imaginary animals. A local gentleman, Dennis Avery, owns several parcels of land known as Galleta Meadows in and around Borrego Springs. Between him and the sculptor Ricardo Breceda of Temecula, CA they have created a magical landscape that we were amazed with as we drove into town last Friday. Today we rode our bikes around the area so that we could examine these creations closely. They are truly unique and life like. For instance, the sculpture of the jeep shows creases in the leather seats, the woman’s hand is obviously tightly gripping the rail, and the tires have off-roading tread while the sea monster has a frightening but fascinating head.
After lunch at Carlee’s in town we checked out all three golf courses in town where all the good tee times are taken until next week! We couldn’t wait to take showers and relax at the RV watching the sun set behind the mountains.
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