The girls were ready for some more rock climbing so we headed back to Joshua Tree National Park. We found a nice location where there was a picnic table in the shade for some of us to sit while others took off for a climbing adventure. It didn’t take long for D and the girls to disappear into the rocks and reappear high up on top of some of the formations. We ended up having to call them back as it was time to find a place for a picnic lunch. We found a nice table near the base of…
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Palm Springs Aerial Tramway
Posted in Family, and Outdoor Adventures
To escape the desert heat, we decided it would be fun to head over to the Palm Springs Aerial Tramway. It’s almost 30 degrees cooler at the top than it is at the bottom. A quick family picture before we get in the tram and head to the top. The ride up was filled with beautiful views. One of the new (to us) features for the tram is that it rotates in a circle, so you can see views from all sides of the tram. Once we arrived at the top, we took in the…
The Living Desert
Posted in Family, and Outdoor Adventures
On the second day of our vacation, we headed over to The Living Desert. They had a variety of new babies including a baby giraffe and a baby zebra. We all enjoyed seeing the cute babies with their mamas. The baby zebra decided to nurse while we were there. This big horn sheep was sitting up on the hill watching over his girls. When we came back around a little later in the day, he had moved out of the sun and joined the girls in the shade. We were pleasantly surprised that there was a lot of shade at…
Dixie’s Surgery
Posted in Family, and Homeschooling
Today was quite the interesting day which involved a “field trip” to a local vet to have Dixie’s tumor removed from her leg. Please note: some of this images may be disturbing to some people. I decided to post the pictures in black and white, so the images will be a little less graphic than their color form. Dixie, if you recall, is Munchkin’s foster horse at the horse rescue. Dixie came to the rescue with a large tumor on her leg. It needed to be removed, so Isabel (the owner of the rescue) set up an appointment with the…
Learning about the Golden Eagle
Posted in Homeschooling
When we were at the San Diego Safari Park, we had the opportunity to learn more about Golden Eagles thanks to this animal encounter. The golden eagle is the largest bird of prey in North America. It can dive at speeds of over 150 miles per hour when it spots a tasty morsel down below. They snatch up their prey with extremely sharp talons. This beautiful specimen was using that strong beak to untie herself from her handler. She was also making it known that she did not like the microphone. (The handler eventually had to set down the microphone…