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Hiding Out in Joshua Tree National Monument

We are sitting here in Cottonwood Springs Campground and outside our front door a spectacular sunset is playing itself out. We started out this morning in Joshua Tree California. We spent a couple hours in 29 Palms riding our bicycle around town looking at the murals painted on their buildings. Continue reading Hiding Out in Joshua Tree National Monument

If we wanted to enjoy all this rain we’d a stayed in Scappoose!

I was under the impression that this area of Arizona was a desert. There are Prickly Pear cacti, Saguaro cacti, and Stag horn cacti. There is Grease wood and Mesquite shrubs. We now have slime in our bicycle tires to try to counteract the effect of the Goat head thorns. Yet I swear that they have already enjoyed their whole annual rainfall. Continue reading If we wanted to enjoy all this rain we’d a stayed in Scappoose!