On the 11th of January we left for an 11 day road trip with the boys and that was a wonderful privilege. We traveled over 3000 miles in 10 days! It was a flurry of activity that took us from Colorado Springs to Moab the first day, through snow and ice!
Day two took us to Arches National Park and on to Las Vegas where we visited with Micheal and Judy for a couple days.
Day three was fun times with the one of the cutest babies in the family!
And Downtown Las Vegas too....
Day 5 was Hoover Dam and homemade Sushi for lunch!
Day 6 was on to Death Valley
Day 7 we saw the Salton Sea and Joshua Tree National Park
The Salton Sea is a science project. We studied about it a few years ago and have always been interested in seeing it. It is called the accidental sea as it was an inland salt water sea. However, the salinity continued to increase to such a level that most of the fish died. Then agricultural runoff with phosphates caused algae bloom which steals the oxygen from the water so the fish (of which only tilapia still live there) die in huge numbers each cycle. Those fish then wash up on the shore of the sea and rot, causing a terrible smell. The beach, which looks like white sand, is actually fragments of fish bones!
Here is a link to a video documentary about the sea if you are interested. This is a science video.
Day 8 and 9 - SAN DIEGO!
We spent 2 days at the tide pools at the Cabrillo National Monument. This was the highlight of our trip. The pools are fascinating and beautiful. We all could spend hours there! And we did!
The ocean was amazing smashing against the rocks as the tide came in!
We spent 2 days at the tide pools. We also visited our favorite little crepe place in San Diego and our favorite beach at Imperial Beach
The evening of the 9th day we headed back east. We sent to Casa Grande that first night then the next day on to Pat and Harold Halbig's house in Los Lunas. We had 2 relaxing days there then stopped to see Aunt Barbara and Uncle Harold Lerwick on the way home on day 11.
Day 11 - Almost home...we can see the mountains!
This trip was the perfect way for a home schooling family to expand our boundaries and learn more things about areas we had never been!
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