Zion National Park, Utah March 11th and 12th, 2018 On the road to Zion National Park, Utah, was a real pleasure. Again, we are taken by the scenery and vastness of the country side. Wide open spaces then mountains upon mountains. We love that we still see Joshua Trees here and there. As we get …
Lake Mead National Recreational Area AZ, NV March 9th and 10th, 2018 When we left Death Valley, we didn’t really go very far. Our plan was to head to Lake Mead National Recreational Area Az & NV . Driving through Las Vegas was a little intense. After spending so long in the desert, PEOPLE, CARS AND …
Death Valley Another Full Day 2 March 8th, 2018 Waking up to sunshine instead of clouds was a great way to start the day. With our plans today, we knew we would not be doing any hiking. At least we BOTH wouldn’t be doing any hiking, so the plan was to take the dogs with …
Death Valley A Really Full Day 1 March 7th, 2018 Waking up early, we knew we had a full day ahead of us. One of the main rules of any National Park in the USA is that you may not take dogs on any of the trails. The concern is that the dogs may hurt …
Death Valley the Next New Adventure March 6th, 2018 We left Joshua Tree National Park with a little sadness because we had had such a great time there. But now we were looking forward with some excitement to our next new adventure, Death Valley. Leaving JTNP, we accidentally took the wrong turn and ended up …
Mastodon Peak Hiking Trail in *JTNP March 4th, 2018 Mastodon Peak Hiking Trail was a 2.4 mile hiking trail which also took us to Mastodon Peak Mine. Bill, Joy, Tim and Terri were eager to explore this trail. The warning at the front entrance was a little intimidating when it asked people to report any …
Joshua Tree Keys Ranch and Beyond! March 2nd 2018 Bill , Joy and our friends Tim and Terri started out on this lovely, sunny day to go on a Tour of Keys Ranch. We were quite excited about this from just reading the story in a book Joy had purchased. Bill had found out the …
4 Wheeling in BIG BERTHA ??? Feb 28, 2018 This was a first for us and our Chevy Silverado Truck earned her name of BIG BERTHA!! Turned out she could go anywhere we asked her to haha. We decided to go 4 wheeling with our friends Tim and Terri. They wanted to try out their …
Joshua Tree A New Adventure Feb 27, 2018 Today was so amazing, we really can’t describe this trail in words. We just want to set it up by saying, Hidden Valley Trail was originally used by Cattle Rustlers to hide their stolen cattle while they changed the brands on the cattle. Then they would resell …
Day 2 of Joshua Tree National Park Feb 25th, 2018 On this day we got up, all excited to begin our first hike in Joshua Tree. We decided to begin with a short hike to Barker Dam Loop. On the way there, we got to pass the unbelievable picture perfect scenery again. It was so difficult …