Desert in Bloom

We made it to Las Vegas last night and will be heading out to a dry lake bed to camp for 1-2 nights with our good friends, Adam, Kayli and Connor. It should be a great day for it as the sky is clear and the sun is shining. Time to start wearing shorts and sunscreen, that's for sure!

For the past 2 days, we've been in the Mojave National Preserve, which is beautiful, especially since the entire desert is in bloom. Here are some pictures of the campsite, our hike through the Hole-in-the-Wall trail, and our drive down a dirt road (with a bull in the road). Check out Matt and Bailey climbing up the steep parts of the hiking trail! Bailey sat comfortably in Matt's backpack the whole way up. It was tough but both of them were good sports about it. NOTE: You can click on any of the pictures to make them bigger if seeing them is tough. I'm keeping them small to save on space.

For those of you that answered anything but "VOYAGER" for the plane that Mojave, CA is famous for were wrong. Spruce Goose, which was the most common answer is located in Oregon (and if you live in OR, shame on YOU!) :) The Voyager was a plane that was the first ever to fly non-stop, unfueled around the world. http://www.dickrutan.com/page2.html Pretty interesting. Took only 9 days.

See to the side and below for "WHERE'S BODILESS BOB"? (AKA B.B.)