California Travel Expert Veronica Hill checks out the metal sculptures of Borrego Springs, CA, in this episode of "California Travel Tips."
More than 130 sculptures
are located on 3 square miles of Galleta Meadows Estates, which sits
along Borrego Springs Road. Each metal sculpture was commissioned by Dennis Avery, owner of the
Galleta Meadows Estate, and built by Sky Art artist Ricardo Breceda. Highlights include a field of farm workers, a
stranded desert Jeep and an awesome 350-foot serpent that travels
beneath the highway. Many of these larger-than-life sculptures resemble
the prehistoric creatures that once roamed Borrego Valley, ranging from
giant sloths and camels to wooly Mammoths and saber-toothed tigers.
Outside the chamber of commerce, you'll find a replica of Spanish
explorer Juan Bautista De Anza, who blazed the trail from Mexico to San
Francisco in 1775.
Breceda's contemporary metal sculptures are for sale through
http://ricardoabreceda.com/