February 17, 2012 – Geocaching and Fireworks

A good day for a walk in the desert – :-):

We found out that there was a geocache about .4 miles away so off we went.

Bob, Gretchen, Andy, Don, Glenda – starting our trek:

The wildflowers are blooming:

 

And cacti all over:

We are still marching along:

More cool cacti:

YEA!  We found it:

Well, we got so excited we said “Let’s find another.”  Turns out, my tablet and Gretchen’s phone told us there was one only .7 miles away.  So off we went:

Cactus on the side of the hill – they are hardy:

More flowers – what a contrast on the desert floor:

And the road goes on:

We have to go where?

Finally!  Turns out that it was .7 miles as the crow files.  And we had to go around quite a few hills not up and over.  The boys coming back from the cache:

Break time:

Modern Petroglyphs:

We decided to make our way to the highway but then we still had over a mile to go – :-):

Almost there:

What a great hike – but we did learn a lot more about reading our GPS and tablet.

After a rest and supper, off we went to the Winter Blast.

Oh MY and more OH MY!  Awesome! Breathtaking!   There are no words to describe it.  It was like the Grand Finale over and over again.    Here is a video of some of it.  Now just imagine this going on for almost an hour – WOW!  And before and after the public show, there were hours of fireworks – some good some not – Cool.

 

 

 

Another great day – we are so blessed!