Motel 6 Parker
Travel Blogs from Parker
Mit Joshua auf du und du
... abwechslungsreiche Landschaft und Vegetation. Von einem Meter auf den anderen begannen Pflanzenarten zu wachsen und ein paar hundert Meter später waren sie verschwunden. So gab es auf einmal Kaktusfelder und später begannen dann auch die Joshua Trees wie von Zauberhand aus dem Boden zu wachsen. Verschiedenste Felsformationen säumten den Weg. Es war für uns alle immer wieder schön. Ok, die ...
Camping Along the Colorado River
... desert dust in her fur. We actually got to see a hummingbird nesting in the tree. Koal saw her first (she's aware of the hummingbird wing sounds) and when we looked up and there she was. The nest just looked like a pinecone, very easy to miss. How cool. Would be neat to see the babies and can only imagine how tiny they would be. Monarch butterflies in the air ...
Coming Full Circle
... swim we came back to find the Tour Leader already drunk and it was just 6pm! We had a big meal consisting of two plates - one for the steak and the other for the salad. It was certainly a big drinking night after that.
In the morning there were a few sore heads and regrets, so we made a late start towards the California border. We didn't have far to go and soon were driving to the town of Parker on the Colorado River. Because our group ...
Fireworks....
... pain…". Many presenters became interested in pyrotechnics at quite an early age and became members of the fire service “of necessity”! The bios are quite entertaining to read.
Tonight the show was against cloud cover and ended intermingled by the odd spot of rain which became a steady but gentle rain later in the night. The moon has disappeared and the flairs on muffin top mountain are barely visible in the haze of ...
London Bridge is falling down, falling down......
... Grafton, U is for Undertow. There was part of it that went up and down like a roller coaster and that was a lot of fun. There are times that I keep thinking I am still driving my manual car and will hit the floor with my left foot thinking I'm pushing in the clutch. Not sure if that will go away on that trip.
I really wanted to make note of when I crossed state lines, but the California/Arizona border bypassed me without me noticing. I ...