Good Sunday

I like Sundays - one because there aren't other things going on so I can do things with my boys. Today Nathaniel and I worked on his science fair display board and Davis and I went over his Duty to God requirements. The other reason I like Sundays is that it seems to be the day most people find time to blog so I get to see new pictures. Keep it up everyone!

Anza-Borrego Desert State Park

This year for President's day we had to decide what to do. Should we go to Nixon's Presidential Library or take a trip to the desert? It wasn't pouring rain this year (see "President's Day" link below for our adventure last year) so we went to the desert. C'mon, would you waste a sunny day on Nixon's library? The things the boys enjoyed about Reagan's library - jelly beans, air force one - were not going to be there. We spent the night at a resort in the town of Borrego Springs. Not much to the town itself - but plenty of sun and a warm swimming pool.
The boys swam as soon as we arrived and then right up until check out time the day we left.

We snagged lunch in the "village" and tried to look for all the prehistoric animal sculptures that were supposed to be spread around town. We couldn't find anymore to the town, so this pteranodon was all we found to pose with. BTW, pteranodons like Sierra Mist.

Borrego Springs is in the middle of Anza-Borrego Desert State Park (east of San Diego.)

We took a hike up Palm Canyon. We started over closer to that mountain behind these guys.

Here's a pic of the boys taking a break on the Twizzlers bench, and lucky us, we happened to have Twizzlers in the bag.

The hike involved a lot of boulder hopping (they weren't necessarily on the trail but they had to be hopped anyway.)

Destination: palm tree oasis

Boys on rocks at oasis

And even though it was a desert oasis - that water was cold.