Under the Desert Sun

We took a little trip this weekend. Gathered up the kids and the dog and drove out to the desert, where we rented a little house in Joshua Tree.


Cole decided it was the perfect terrain for bounty hunters, and spent the first night as Boba Fett.


Riis wanted to hang out in the "charming" rusted out VW in the backyard. Until said VW gave her a gash on her eye. Then she decided it might be best to avoid it.


Joshua Tree itself was actually pretty amazing. As Josh said, "Never count out a national park." Here he is with his namesake.


We did two mile-plus hikes. Riis was sort of a mess for the first one, but got a second wind for the last loop.










You can't see them well, but these are FIRE ants. I couldn't persuade her to avoid them. She'd sit like that, with her little pink toes just begging them to bite her, for 20 minutes at a time.