Hi Folks!
Believe it or not – we are IN THE DESERT! As a surprise 40th birthday present for Matthew, I planned a secret trip out west to visit the desert. If you’d like a much more detailed run-down, you can check out his post on the Robbi and Matthew site.
But that’s all beside the point. The point is, the desert is so cool!
I mean, LITERALLY. Apparently I did not do enough research on deserts before we left and thought it would be at least WARM. Nope. Chilly. Cold. It is winter, after all. And so in all of these photos we’re wearing the same clothes, because I only packed one set of warm clothes. Whoops!
The desert is actually full of surprises. For example, it isn’t just empty and sandy. There are all kinds of interesting plants in the desert. My favorites are the cacti, which come in all different shapes and sizes.
There are these fuzzy guys who look like muppets to me:
but who definitely don’t FEEL like muppets (and I’ll send a free something or other to anyone who can identify that cactus for me!). And then there was this heart-shaped one we found that Alden especially liked:
The desert also surprised me by not being totally flat. We discovered lots of cool rock formations that were good for climbing:
And some very strange ones that were good for exploring:
We were also surprised by a coyote we spotted. Can you find him in this picture? You can see that coyotes have excellent desert camouflage:
It makes me wonder about all of the creatures and things and surprises that we DIDN’T see.