We ate breakfast, packed up the trailer and started our journey back to the East. Our first destination for the day was Joshua Tree National Park.
After arriving at the park, the first order of business was to get a picture of Josh with a Joshua Tree ... mission accomplished.
The scenery in the park was really cool. We took several short hikes, one of which was to a place called Barker Dam. The park had received some significant rain about 8 or 9 days ago. When we had arrived at the park and stopped at the visitor's center, the Rangers told us that we should definitely do this hike, as it was the first time in five years that there was actually water in the dam!!!
After doing a couple of hikes, our last stop in the park was a place known as Skull Rock.
In addition to Skull Rock, there was a huge "field" of rocks that were just begging to be climbed. We spent about 30 minutes scrambling on the rocks. On the way back to the car, Josh decided to do one last scramble ... into the left eye of Skull Rock!!!
We then left the park and headed to our destination for the night, Kingman, AZ. Along the way, we received a text from Patty & Rachel letting us know that they had arrived in Las Vegas. I had taken a quick look at our route map while we were driving, and I noticed that we were going to be very close to Lake Havasu, AZ. It was a fairly short detour, so we decided that we'd head that way. I had a recollection that the original London Bridge had been rebuilt in Lake Havasu City, AZ. Apparently, my memory was correct!
We arrived at our campground, got everything set up, and we've settled in for the night. Tomorrow morning, we'll head to Las Vegas to pick up Patty & Rachel and then it's on to the Grand Canyon.
We may not have internet access once we arrive at the Grand Canyon, so I may not be able to put up another blog post until Friday night.
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