This morning M took his drone out for a flight.  He’s getting quite good at flying it a good distance away without crashing:

After breakfast, we drove to the north shore of the Salton Sea to visit the Salton Sea State Visitor Center:

They say the water is safe.  The die-offs of millions of Tilapia is normal, the say.  I think I’ll stay out of it, thanks:

We continued around the lake to the east side where we parked the truck and hiked cross-country to the east in search of the caves in the aptly named Bat Cave Buttes:

There they are:

Looking back towards the Salton Sea:

We found a sizable colony of bats in this cave.  We couldn’t get a photo of them, but there is an audio recording of their chattering at the bottom of today’s post:

After returning to the truck, we drove into Indio where we filled our empty propane tank for a shockingly cheap $1.69 per gallon.  I was then dropped off a Don Gordo’s Laundromat while Trish and the kids did our grocery shopping.  It just happened that Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays between 1pm and 3pm, the washing machines are half off, so that worked out well for us.  After being picked up, we drove back to Salton City, stopping at the gas station to fill our 45 gallon water bag before heading back to the RV.

Trish made some more booties tonight, modeling them using B’s doll:

See the trip map for today’s drive and our current location.

Here’s the audio recording of the bats we found today in the cave:

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