As I mentioned in November, we planned to visit Anza Borrego state park this spring to see the wildfowers. As soon as projections and reports of wildflower blooms started rolling in in mid-February I made a reservation for a campsite, and we headed out to the desert for the first weekend in March. Our Saturday morning activity was to visit all of the Galleta Meadows sculpture sites – we had only seen a few of them as we drove through town last fall, but this time we made a comprehensive visit. Here are some of the pictures I took of the sculptures:
An Elephant welcomes us to Galleta Meadows
Mammoths:
The Giant Bird (with baby warthog in its clutches!):
Wild Horses:
Gomphotheriums -extinct animals that were related to elephants and bear a resemblance to fanged tapirs:
Camels:
Giant Sloths:
mini-sloth:
Elephant:
Tortoises:
Saber Tooth Tiger:
And last but not least, the wild pigs (warthogs! cuddly baby warthogs! I think these were Chuck’s favorite…)
great pictures! looks super fun!
[...] Borrego, Borrego Springs, Carlee’s, flowers, hiking, ocotillo, Palm Canyon, wildflowers After our tour of Galleta Meadows and lunch at Carlee’s (home of yummy burgers and yummier homemade potato chips), we headed [...]
Can we get a map of where these are at?
Hi Donna, For maps of the sculptures, check out the Galleta Meadows site: http://www.galletameadows.com/index.php/maps.html