The Desert Lost??

so after a fun adventure at Lehman’s Cave we ventured out on the desert.  I had been there many times as a child but never remember it being so far out in the middle of nowhere!!!  As I said before we were kinda looking forward to some sunshine, but we received snow instead!  so here we are driving down a mushy gravel road into the middle of the desert pulling doubles, hoping we don’t get stuck, with no cell service, nor any other traffic.  smart eh???  our first adventure was the goldfish spring.  we had to look through the mossy troughs but found quite a few fish, we caught a few and threw them in a container to take home and proud of our findings continued on down the road being careful not to pull too far to the sides so we wouldn’t sink out of site!!  the roads were very mushy especially with our big camp and ranger on.  we drove and drove in the rain and cold wind until we came upon skunk springs.  we decided to camp here…on the road…for the night.  the boys pulled of their 4wheeler, Ranger and Motorbike.  they got so wet and muddy, when they were cold and worn out they came into the camp to warm up.  Joe and I kept trying to decide which road to turn and go south on again and couldn’t decide because the road we were on was the best and still wasn’t that grand.  So we left Morgan with the kiddos and decided to drive on in the Ranger to check out the pathway.  The next day we decided to turn around and travel all the way back the way we had come instead of traveling through Marjum Pass.  Which we are glad we did because the next day we found out there were people who were stuck there overnight in just a pickup, no trailers.  while we were at our campspot we had so much fun!!  We went on a fun ranger ride the next day, saw some wonderful scenery, antelope and even Chased some wild Horses!!  So much fun! 

Madelaina, Our little trooper 10 Months old. Kash and Dad shooting the gun. We drove down this wash and found a great spot for lunch, kinda out of the wind, the boys had so much fun climbing up this big rock. Here’s Mister PJ, up to something, “Hey Mom”Ahhhh…look at that He picked me some flowers!  Cute little stinker!

Kash Posing! “Mom take a picture of Me!”The Desert and Its Beauty   We caught a bunch of goldfish, of which most died the first day, then we had to go back and catch somemore on our way home, there we also caught a Horned Toad… (if this is illegal please don’t tell) 9 days after we got it home and put it in the aquarium with the lizard it layed eggs!!  crazy, just wish we could have hatched a few.  The boys just love animals! I had my eye out for snakes, but am I glad we never did see one!!   What a funny Photo!  PJ you crack us up all the time!  Love YOU!! Another one of the beauties of the desert…can you spot the Antelope?

After the long travel back the way we had already come…we ended up just a few miles east on the other side of Marjum Pass for our next night, there we stayed and dug for trilobites the next day…did you know most of Utah was covered by water years ago??  The Trilobites were lots of fun even though I did not capture any photos of it we have the trilobites to prove it!! Ha.

I would have to say besides being in the middle of nowhere with my sweet little family….one of the other favorite part of the trip was when we came upon 5 wild horses.  I have video footage of this event but no photos to share, so I will see what I can do to post this also.  Lots of fun!!  and now that we know our way around the Desert we will definately be back for another trip!