Thursday, March 22, 2012

Joshua Tree National Park

We had so much fun! What a beautiful place our Heavenly Father has sent us!DSC04011

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Frederike and her friend picked out this camp site because of the great              

trees to hide their tent in =)

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Our favorite spot to climb, sit and be a lizard, and watch the sun rise and set.

Isaac found it first =)

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Sunrise.

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So the first night was about 34 degrees at its low. can you tell Warren is cold? We bundled up, but not enough. We did not have the same problem the next night (not to mention that it was probably 44 degrees that night).

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This is just cute!

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The first day we went from our favorite round rock to the square rock in the distance…..

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On the way….

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we touched it =)

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Weird looking dead cactus.

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Isaac’s secret cave.

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Special girl time.

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The 3 mile hike to an Oasis =)

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We tried to burn Joan (see homeschool blog) but it didn’t work =(

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Skull Rock… Winnie the Pooh would have been impressed.

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Cholla cactus Garden… Amazing!

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Cool rocks!

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Cool insects, worm things, crawling around inside this cocoon? How about just Cool!

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And of course we became Junior rangers…

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Junior Ranger Training!

Who wants to go back with us next time?

1 comment:

Pollock Palooza said...

Love the pics! And our kids are huge fans of the jr. ranger program. So cute.