Desert Days

I just got back from spending a few days in Ocotillo, Ca. Home of dust dirt and rocks! Actually I had a real good time. My mom and I arrived there on Wed afternoon. On Thursday am we got up and drove an hour to Winterhaven, which is 5 minutes from the Yuma, Arizona border. We met my grandparents and a new casino that is out there. We played for a few hours and then had lunch at the buffet. I got a straight flush on vidoe poker which paid $60 and then I also won on a penny survivor machine - I lost big time at the black jack table. But all in all I walked out with $15 more dollars then I walked in with. Yes, I probably should not be gambling considering the whole job situtation but I have not done so in 3 years and I needed to relax and have fun....

On Friday a couple of us went for an offroad ride and we found an area that sectioned off. If you can read the sign in the picture, it is plants that only grow in 3 parts of the world - it is the crown of thorns.


We found an abandoned drug runner car and of course the guys had to run it over!!!










Austin's bday is the 13th but we celebrated it on Saturday night.





We hid Easter eggs for the kids on Sunday morning.




The weather pretty much sucked. It was hot on Wed, but it was so windy on thurs, fri, and sat. I thought we were going to get blown away. Them of course on the day that we were leaving it was beautiful and HOT!!
So Hot that a few of us had a water fight.




A desert flower that bloomed on the cactus.

1 comments:

sounds like you had a good time.

April 14, 2009 at 10:56 AM  

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