This is where my son & I stayed in Borrego Springs for the summer solstice celebration featuring Rick Shea & The Losin' End--kind of a supplemental to my piece in the 'Party' section...
I was in a retro mood, didn't want to have to drive more than a couple of miles, and didn't want to spend a lot of cash. The Hacienda del Sol fit the bill perfectly.
I chose one of the duplex units--the cottages don't have air and close for the summer. Affable manager Mike Gaffney gave us room #11. With brick walls and high-beamed ceilings the place holds the desert summer heat quite well. We turned the groovy orange key in the lock, hauled in our stuff, turned the air on full-blast and went for something to eat while the power company and freon went to work.
Looking as if it were decorated with yard sale finds and e-Bay scores, this place is a step back in time--or times. Red gingham curtains in the kitchenette, turquoise paint, a chrome and formica 50's style... more
Hey Katie--
(Where are the minders when I need them?)
How about sending that snapshot of me goat-cowboying at my Uncle Jefferson's place to Dan? 1959 or 1960, I'd guess.
Goddamn, I do love me a goat..
denzien says some old friend of his has a section of the "fence" framed and signed. somebody made some bucks on that project.
it would have been ebay fodder by now at my house.
which reminds..
