Joshua Tree, Day Two
Posted at 3:30 pm on Wednesday, May 30, 2007, in Travels, and tagged flickr, haley, photowonders, video.
Whether or not my wife and I could stand the desert heat wasn’t a real concern. Whether or not our six-month-old lab puppy would survive the weekend, was a whole other question.
Haley sure loved to investigate the large boulders…
It turned out that Haley really enjoyed the desert (when it wasn’t too hot, that is). She even posed for photos. More than once. I was hoping that Haley would stumble across a rattlesnake. Not be bitten, god no, but I would have liked to see one in person (from a few yards away). Haley is interesting that way. She can chase after a butterfly or a moth, but a cat, she barely notices.
My wife and I decided on shielding ourselves and Haley from the afternoon heat with a drive through the park. We came across a four-wheel drive road, which seemed innocent at first, nothing more than a sandy road.
But we eventually decided on turning around after climbing halfway up a mountain-side…
I will admit I had fun…
Without fail, whenever Haley had an opportunity to sleep in an air-conditioned vehicle, she took it.
The thing with the desert is there is so much of it, it is easy to imagine how one could get lost… (Later on this walk, Haley had her first run-in with cacti. Ouch.)
Haley enjoyed her early evening treat with a view of the desert mountains.
The second evening was the evening of the coyotes. My wife and I are certain, and my puppy being awake for the better part of an hour during the night concludes, that a couple coyotes were circling our campsite. But we survived the desert; well, we at least made it through a full day.
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