Mojave Desert

Brad and I want to make the most of our time here while we are here and have free time. So every weekend we are trying to do something that we haven't done before or haven't done for a while. This weekend we were able to go with our friends, the Oberg's and Tringali's to Mojave Desert:

See the arch?

I wasn't too sure about going there. Who really wants to drive 2 hours to see more sagebrush? But it turn out to be a pretty cool place to go. It is the world's largest forest of Joshua Trees. That was pretty neat to see all of them. Some were amazingly huge.

Trey was so proud he made it in the hole all by himself... such a big boy!

Acadia and Ashden. They are never to far apart from each other.

It also has Mitchell Caverns. That was fun. You pay a small fee to have a guided tour through the caverns. I have seen caves before but not in at least 5 years, so it was fun to see all the stalagmites. Trey wasn't such a huge fan. He kept saying "I want to get out. I don't want to be here. I want to get out now!" We finally convinced him that the only way out was to finish the tour.

Notice the drip of water... this is how stalagmites are made.

Us in the Cave

Stalagmites-- they say 1 inch for every 100 years.... Crazy!

But the general consensus of everyone was that the best place to visit was the Hole in the Wall It was amazing. You take this hike down into these absolutely beautiful rocks. I couldn't believe it. Well hopefully the pictures will explain how cool it was. It also helped that we were there when the lighting was perfect and the day was a wonderful ( we are remembering why we live in Las Vegas: beautiful winter weather).

This is part of the hike that we went that led to ...

these rings which then led us down to ...

this amazing view!
Hole in the Wall-- if you look close you can see the rest of the group down below.

These rocks are HUGE!

Everyone really enjoyed the hike. It is so much fun now that Acadia and Treyson don't have to be carried the whole way. In fact Acadia went on this hike twice with out being carried once. I was really impressed.

This is how we ended our evening the kids all playing with glow sticks.

So if you want to do a day trip... I would definitely try Mojave Desert. Next week... maybe the London Bridge (seriously!)