More from the return trip

Given that the country is rife with "dead" volcanos... which arent as dead as they are supposed to be.. we have a few hot springs.....this one is surrounded by bamboo for whatever reason... everyone has their vision of what they want to do with their business and life.... which is way more interesting than Best Western or Sheraton.. even IHOP but I tend to like dives and roadside attractions

Not that the water isn't hot everywhere in the summer.... But hots springs I tend to avoid.. since I have a thing about not being steamed like a pork bun during an earthquake.... or any other time for that matter...

Another view... without the make up....or signs...which makes sense because no one is to the south anyway.... its just desert to Mexico so they save the paint money... The springs are in the stone building...and this is the tourist season...hahahahahaha.... really it is...

So you can see there is no exaggeration...... this is looking south.. so whos going to read the back of the signs, aside from the coyotes, snakes and lizzards?

The Post office... located next to El Dorado Hot springs which is not Indian Wells but less than a half mile from them to the west down potholed road that turns to dirt.. which, they all do.... cause thats where the fun starts...

.I dunno what the mattresses are for.... I told the guy his sign was too cool to pass up without a photo.. He kept laughing and working the whole time I was babbling about photos for people in the UK and NZ.. so they can see what we're really like...and who we really are.. He was good with the idea of being the real US ambassador...

 Back to the interstate.....follow Indian School road make a left... or go straight and end up in Salome and more little desert towns.. repelte with petroglyphs, abandonded gold mines, meth labs and some more Americana....

The photos got scrambled by blogger but you get the idea