Borrego Springs

After another good Mexican lunch, this time at Los Jilberto’s, we popped into the Borrego Art Institute. This is a small museum with nice temporary collections, this session by Mexican artists.

That is a tiny bit of the art in town. What would you do if you had lots of money and acres of land? Build another mall and hope the shops were rented? Build another housing development and hope people move in? Or build an outdoor art museum and watch people thrill at what you have supported? That last is what Dennis Avery and Sally Tsui-Avery did with their acres of Galleta Meadows Estate. They commissioned artist Ricardo Breceda of Temecula to create dozens of lifesize and beyond sculptures of dinosaurs, horses, prehistoric sabertooth cats, turtles, historical figures, a jeep and a massive serpent that crosses the road and much more. These are wonderous pieces that we chased until the sun set and we could see no more. Here is a hint of what we saw.

Without Jeff being with us on our trip, we have decided to head home. We look forward to your joining us in the upcoming months.