[clearvision]

I'm not sure why everyone keeps saying this is "barren desert". Looking at Mapquest aerial photos of Deseha Rd. show houses scattered about along the road, lots of areas with trees and bushes, creekbed areas, Loveland reservior within a few miles and the golf course.

[Mrs.Liberty]

barren desert

To clarify, all of San Diego County is classified as having a desert climate. However, it is nothing like, say, the high desert where DW went on his MH trip. It is a very dry, mild climate. Temperatures in the winter, at night, will get into the 30's in some areas. A shift of 10 miles either way usually brings the temperature up or down. But, we are no means living in the typical "desert" that people may be associating the Dehesa area with.

[crystalk]

Dehesa Rd is not a desert, it has brush and plants everywhere, and is especially lush, damp, and pretty in the spring months of Feb, Mar, and Apr.

Semi-arid at worst, and even true deserts like Phoenix and Las Vegas, have plenty of flies let me tell you.

[VRWC_minion]

Their are houses in the desert.

[dread78645]

I'm not sure why everyone keeps saying this is "barren desert".

Because VRWC_minion has an idea that flies are different in "the barren desert", whatever that means.

It would screw the theory if :
A. flies are the same all over.
B. El Cajon is not desert.