Showing posts with label Hiking. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Hiking. Show all posts

Sunday, August 21, 2011

Hiking the Skull Rock Trail

This post was dictated by Caroline:

On Saturday morning, we got up and jumped in the Beast. We drove up the mountain and almost no one else was there in Joshua Tree National Park. It was warm and sunny, but not too hot. We climbed a bunch of rocks and had so much fun! Sometimes we were on the trail, but other times we were climbing on rocks or going through prickly bushes. 

Sarah says funny things while she hikes.  She is a pretty good hiker, but after a while, she gets tired so Dad puts her in the baby backpack so she can take a nap.

We also went up some rocks that were so steep that we had to go down the backside because we couldn't go down the way we went up. 

While we were off the trail, hiking around the rocks, we found a cave where we ate lunch. 

We found a big huge flat, slanted rock that went up to a big cliff where we took silly pictures and marched around, playing trumpets.

After hiking more than 2 miles, we got to Skull Rock at the very end of the trail. Then we got in the Beast and drove to the farmers market in Joshua Tree before we went home.

Sunday, June 12, 2011

Camping in the Mojave National Preserve at Hole in the Wall


Our family trip to Hole in the Wall in the Mojave National Preserve. Definitely the coldest and windiest camping trip I have ever been on, but very rewarding and so fun. The kids hiked more than six miles and ended by climbing up several feet of big steel rings. It was wonderful family time. We were so grateful that the Acrees were willing to join us. It made the whole trip that much more fun!

















Saturday, May 15, 2010

Hiking in The Backyard

This was the post-graduation hike. We are less than approximately one mile from our house, in the George's Hollow / Wire Mountain area.
 
 
 
 
 
 
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