With the snows melting and the temperatures warming up, we were ready to head to the desert to kayak last weekend. Sounds impossible, doesn't it? We are used to paddling in the ocean or marsh so it was a strange idea to us as well.
From Idyllwild, we traveled down the scenic Palms to Pines Highway through mountains sacred to the Cahuilla Native Americans.
Through the desert, we passed farms of Date Palm trees and gift shops selling all different kinds of delicious dates. It seemed like we were in the Middle East rather than southern California at this point.
Finally, we arrived at our destination - The Salton Sea
We unloaded and paddled this beautiful lake until we found a perfect spot for a picnic.
Our picnic spot was obviously a bird picnic spot as well by the cleanly devoured fish bones.
The Salton Sea is a major stopping place for millions of migrating birds that travel the Pacific Flyway, a migratory path from Canada to South America. Huge North American populations of birds such as the White Pelican and Eared Grebe depend on this fish filled lake during the winter. Four hundred species of birds have been recorded at this location second only to the Texas Gulf.
