Showing posts with label Estrella Mountain Regional Park. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Estrella Mountain Regional Park. Show all posts

Friday, February 4, 2011

Deb's Posts for Jan 8 & 9 - Estrella Mountain Regional Park

Jan 8
Mom, Rachel & I woke up early to do the bird walk. We saw lots of birds, but we missed going to the river  (to see more) because we wanted to go to the Elvis birthday party. It was fun and we learned how to use a compass and a map. We also got to dress up as Elvis!


Jan 9
Today we are going to leave for California - baby, here we come. Whoo-hoo!!! We went on the hike to Grandpa, the 5th largest cactus in Arizona. It was so humongous, it was cool. Then, we saw an insect show & slides and found out that anthills are like huge human cities, ant-sized, underground. It was amazing. Then we had to say good-bye to Ranger Pat and everyone else and head on to Quartzsite to spend the night.
The Grandpa cactus

Benjamin's Post for Jan 7, 2011 - Estrella Mountain Regional Park

We did the kid’s “4 Senses” hike. We tasted agave nectar, four-winged salt bush, mesquite bean cookies, and some prickly pear cactus jelly. Then we smelled some stinky skunk juice!
  

Later, Dad & I went on a 2 hour long bike ride (it was a 20 mile long competitive bike loop near a Nascar race track), while the girls went telescoping.