Outdoor Adventure USA

This past Sunday, we packed up the truck and headed east over the mountains and down into Anza Borrego for a little family adventure. I had thought it might be fun to go exploring down in Fish Creek but Bec convinced me that we shouldn't spend the entire day in the truck driving around. So, we ended up at the trail head for Palm Canyon.



We pulled up right about lunch, found an empty campsite and borrowed the table for a quick lunch. Piper went to town on the watermelon. The wind was cranking but the weather was absolutely gorgeous.





Once the watermelon was gone and dripping down everyone's chin, we hit the trail. Both Roxy and Dillen found walking sticks and took the lead. Piper, not to be out done, blazed her own trail and wanted to hike over everything that her big sisters did.





We made it about halfway to the palm oasis and found a small pool for the girls to dip their feet. This was by far the highlight of the trip. They ran up and down the creek bed, hunting for rocks, splashing, screaming, laughing. Nature's playground at its best.







We stayed in the creek for quite awhile. Piper got shoulder ride from Bec on the way down while Roxy and Dillen pretended to be Indians hunting bears. They brought smiles and laughs to all the people heading up the trail.



Once we got back in the truck, Dillen asked if we were going through Julian on the way home. Why? "Duh, Dad, there's pie there!" Smart girl. We stopped at the Julian Cafe since the line at Mom's was out the door and down the street. A quick bite to eat, an apple boysenberry pie to go and it was time to call it a day.

Everyone had a blast and the girls really want to see the palm oasis. We'll be heading back out very soon.

Nice family trip you had there. I'm so looking forward to doing that with my little girl!

Great pics as usual Sean. Isn't it funny how the wife's always have a way of "convincing" us. Another nice hike to do that's up Fish Creek is the Wind Caves if you haven't already done it. It's fairly short and the girls could play at the caves for hours.

OLLIE wrote:Great pics as usual Sean. Isn't it funny how the wife's always have a way of "convincing" us. Another nice hike to do that's up Fish Creek is the Wind Caves if you haven't already done it. It's fairly short and the girls could play at the caves for hours.

Yea, it's funny how that works.

The wind caves had been my initial idea. I think we're going to head back out in a couple of week to camp for a couple of days. Getting to the caves will be a bit of a shorter drive then so I think I'll have a better chance of winning the convincing. At least, that's what I'm going to keep telling myself.

smslavin wrote:

OLLIE wrote:Great pics as usual Sean. Isn't it funny how the wife's always have a way of "convincing" us. Another nice hike to do that's up Fish Creek is the Wind Caves if you haven't already done it. It's fairly short and the girls could play at the caves for hours.

Yea, it's funny how that works.

The wind caves had been my initial idea. I think we're going to head back out in a couple of week to camp for a couple of days. Getting to the caves will be a bit of a shorter drive then so I think I'll have a better chance of winning the convincing. At least, that's what I'm going to keep telling myself.

I've always wanted to camp at the Wind Caves. Geology students from Arizona State University spend a week at a time camping at various spots in Fish Creek and Fossil Creek (the Wind Caves one of them) to study the Geology in the area.

OLLIE wrote:I've always wanted to camp at the Wind Caves. Geology students from Arizona State University spend a week at a time camping at various spots in Fish Creek and Fossil Creek (the Wind Caves one of them) to study the Geology in the area.

I can see a future backpacking trip...