We did a bunch more driving today. Had lunch at a neat cafe in Colorado Springs then drove through Denver toward Hygiene, CO. We are now staying at the house of one of our Horse Isle players/mods/quest writers. She has 3 beautiful horses, an ostrich, 2 dogs and I think 11 cats. A very fun and active home.
-Miranda
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Well, we decided against the Grand Canyon. It would be too cold with probably no way to plug in, which means either no heat or using the furnace, which is incredibly inefficient. So, we decided on a return trip out west we'll go there.
We are now on our way towards Denver, CO to go meet a friend. Lots of driving though because we don't want to sit in the cold too long.
-Miranda
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So, we stayed in that RV park for another night to get some work done and left this morning towards Flagstaff. It was really windy though. The head wind was insane. We just felt like we were wasting gas. So, we found a nice RV park with wi-fi internet and stopped there for the night. Probably heading out tomorrow. Hopefully it won't be as bad.
Here are some fun pics also.
-Miranda
Lucy was chasing a bug that was outside the screen door.
Lucy on the screen door going after the bug. Right after this photo, the door swung open. I tried to get a picture, but I went running for her so ended up with a pic of the bed instead..
A grapefruit tree right behind our RV. Look Papa! This is what your grapefruit tree could be someday if the thing wouldn't freeze when left outside...
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The northern part, or Mojave Desert, of Joshua Tree National Park was really neat! There were huge rock formations everywhere. We stayed at the Jumbo Rocks campground the only night we were there, so I guess that would explain the rocks..
Apparently it's a popular place to climb and we were tempted, but the rocks are very rough. We would need palm gloves to keep our hands from getting too chewed up. On our first evening, we went for a walk and saw a bobcat! I've never seen a bobcat in the wild before! It acted like a big kitty. We even watched it stalking something. Tail doing the twitchy thing and everything. It was neat.
The next day we walked all over jumping over rocks and such. The rocks were so sticky you could walk up just about anything.
After our walk, we started driving south, towards I-10. We saw the Cholla (pronounced coy-ya) Cactus gardens. Very neat looking. That area was the transition into the drier, hotter Colorado Desert. Not as much neat stuff there, we ended up heading out of the park and stayed in Quartzite, AZ last night. Seems to be a trucker town... but the RV park is cheap.
-Miranda
Joe walking down a boulder
The bobcat!
There was an area where there were tons of rocks laid out in all sorts of shapes. Here was a unicorn we thought was well done, and appropriate for our game.
A neat formation in the side of a rock.
A natural arch
Some of the landscape. That rock looks like a pig nose...
A Cholla Cactus. You can see bunches more behind it.
The spines of the Cholla Cactus. The have very tiny barbs on the very end that make them difficult to get out. Ouch!
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Well, we're finally out of LA. Yesterday we drove out of town and headed towards Joshua Tree National Park. So, we're currently in the desert staying at a cheap RV park north of the national park. There are barely any people here, so it's a lot nicer. The days are crazy though. We're near the edge of the time zone and because of the recent time change, it gets light really early and dark really early. It was super sunny by 6am and it's 4:30 now and the sun will probably be gone within half an hour. It's really messing with both of us. I feel like it's 7pm already. :p
-Miranda
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