Winds in the Cochella Valley

Feb 7/17   Weather sunny 77, low 59.
Today we had to take our motorcycle over to North Palm Springs which is about 25 miles from our RV park in Indio.  We reminded ourselves this is why we always stay in the East end of the Cochella Valley.  The winds.  Remember this as there are lots of parks down in the west area,  you want to stay in the east.....

wind towers everywhere

The San Gorgonio Pass is one of the deepest mountain passes in the 48 contiguous states.   The mountains to either side rise almost 9,000 feet above the pass; Interstate 10 and a rail line run right through the pass to the Los Angeles basin.    Perfect place to have a Wind Farm - the San Gorgonio Pass Wind Farm.

it is a huge area

When we arrived at the Harley dealership the winds were really whipping up and the dust was blowing.  After we had left and drove into Cathedral City they actually had to close a couple of the north/south roads due to the dust storm. 

ahead of us on the bike..... you could hardly see

Glad to get out of the windy area we headed for a Burger joint that we saw on the Food Network TV show.  It was part of the Best Burgers from Coast to Coast.  Tony's Burgers in Cathedral City.   Billy tried the burger which he said was great, one of the best he had had in a long time.  Rosey had the Fish Tacos which is one of their specialty plates.  Awesome!  Forgot all about that crazy windy dusty drive.

Tony's Burgers -  there is a burger in the left corner but this is the Fish Tacos