It was HOT!
Whew, hold on; let me wipe the sweat from my brow so I can
type this all out. I am still radiating
heat from this trip.
So the crew:
Fearless Leader: Grandpa Dick
Attendees: Aunt Melinda & Uncle Bill, Leslie (mom), Lee
& Debi Siegel (Ricki’s Parent’s), Bryan, Jenn, Quinn, & Audrey (1st
timers with the babes), Ricki, Geoff, and veteran Jaden.
We had a great time though.
We all drove out Friday afternoon, probably a little late, might have packed
a little more than could fit and needed some help from Grandpa and the rugged
yet elegant Sportsmobile. But once we
were on the road, it was easy driving.
We headed out towards Borrego, went through the town and out on to the
desolate dirt highway. And then, Grandpa
found a place he would like to turn off the road and head out in to… well
nothing. We drove along the dirt road
for about a half hour and we were somewhere in the Borrego Desert Wash. We found a cozy place up against some cliffs
and set up camp.
We cooked dinner, we had a fire, we had stars, and we had
little babies so we all went right to sleep.
The next day we cooked up some breakfast and then headed off
to find a Slot Canyon. It was actually
pretty cool. We were in a very bare,
dry, and HOT desert and not a lot of landscape.
But if you follow the path back in to some hills, you come in to some
rolling hills that eventually turn into a bit of a canyon which eventually gets
so narrow I couldn’t fit through it with the baby on the back. It was very cool. We saw a pretty good size scorpion, dead
thankfully, some jack rabbits, and Grandpa pointed out some amazing plants and
facts about them. We headed back to camp
for the day where we huddled in the shade and just enjoyed the family.
We waited for the sun to get a little lower in the sky and
then amazingly enough, there were EGGS, eggs everywhere. The Easter Bunny found us. Quinn and Jaden went to town and had a great
time doing it. Although if you ask
Quinn, ALL of the eggs were hers.
The next day was a short but very interesting hike to a
place Grandpa knew of. It had a plethora
of these very interesting geological formations that were thousands of years
old… I think. Very cool, very interesting. The earth is one crazy place and Mother
Nature is no joke.
That was our weekend, very hot, great time with the family,
always fun to get away for a quick trip.
Love,
Ricki, Jaden & Geoff
