We originally wanted to get out this weekend to camp but after taking all the girls to the doctor on Thursday to find out Lyndsee and Taylor still had ear infections, we decided to hold off on camping. Saturday morning we were all doing well so we decided to make a day trip to Death Valley National Park to see the wild flowers. We took a circular route that day so as to take in the most scenery possible. As we descended into the valley, we came upon a field of yellow wild flowers with many cars stopped to take in the same beautiful scene. The kids went crazy as we released them from their confines in the car with me yelling after them to not pick the flowers.
One little baby girl didn't listen to my instruction.
We left the wild flowers to head up through the deseret valley taking it all in as we went. Construction slowed us down and though we hadn't intended on using the movie player while in the Park, we had to give in so as to have some peace once again. The kids tummies were grumbling and we knew that we would have to eat our lunch at the next stop.
Badwater was our next stop where we had to make due because there was no places to picnic. Badwater is the lowest elevation point (282 ft below sea level) in the Western Hemisphere. I'm sure it gets pretty hot here during the summer but on this particular day, we were enjoying temperatures in the mid 70s.
After lunch we did a short hike up a canyon to a natural bridge and other interesting formations like this dry waterfall. It was here that we bumped into our friends Mike, Angela, and Jasper.After the hike we went to Devil's Golfcourse. These formations have round holes the size of golf balls all over them. Try making a hole-in-one on this course!
IMPORTANT: DO NOT LET YOUR KIDS EXPLORE THESE FORMATIONS WITHOUT AN ADULT HAND TO HOLD!
The rocks are VERY sharp, jagged, and salt encrusted resulting in a very painful oowie for poor Will when he took a stumble.
Speaking of encrusted, Reagan's poor nose has been for the last month due to what we have just started realizing is allergies. Though she had a good time, I'm not sure we had enough meds to help her out on this day of dust and wildflowers.
Reagan ready to go home.
Lyndsee wearing her new 6-12 month outfit even though she's not quite 5 months old.
Can't help but put another picture of this cutie on this post.
Death Valley is a huge national park so I'm sure we will need to get back there again to explore the mid and northern sections. We'll be back!
The rocks are VERY sharp, jagged, and salt encrusted resulting in a very painful oowie for poor Will when he took a stumble.
Speaking of encrusted, Reagan's poor nose has been for the last month due to what we have just started realizing is allergies. Though she had a good time, I'm not sure we had enough meds to help her out on this day of dust and wildflowers.
Reagan ready to go home.Lyndsee wearing her new 6-12 month outfit even though she's not quite 5 months old.
Can't help but put another picture of this cutie on this post.Death Valley is a huge national park so I'm sure we will need to get back there again to explore the mid and northern sections. We'll be back!
As much as we could use our Saturdays to do home projects or catch-up on housework, very often (especially when the weather is nice like its been) we end up getting in the car and getting out to explore. Sometimes its a planned event and other times it is very last minute and spontaneous. We didn't decide to this little jaunt until half way through our day on Saturday and off we went. I love getting out for a drive because I can relax while my kids are stapped in their seats and Eric and I can just talk without too much interruption. We headed down to Laughlin stopping to explore Grapevine Canyon that has a good concentration of petroglyphs at the beginning. The kids loved getting out for a little hike and we all enjoyed getting out of the house for the day to enjoy the nice weather. We had never ventured down to Laughlin before so we went another 10 minutes down the road after the hike to eat out.
A natural spring (rare to the area)
Reagan - 14 lbs 15 oz, 24.9 inches
