Agua Caliente

A quick jaunt over to Agua Caliente Park is often rewarding.  The Park was once a stage coach stop back in the mid 1800's because there were two springs; one hot and one warm. At some point palm trees were brought from California to surround the springs. Over the years two things happened. First, someone got the "bright idea" of using dynamite to combine the two springs into one larger spring. The result was one larger "warmish" spring. Oh well. The second, was that those palm trees are now like what the Redwood Forest is to normal pine trees. These palm trees stand 80 to 100 feet high with trunks 15 to 20 feet in circumference. The pond (created by the spring) is full of 3 to 5 pound fish and waterbirds galore. My thought over the next couple of days is to share some of these birds with you; like this Great Egret.