At the end of May during Memorial Day weekend, Daniel, Jaelynn, Lindsay and I ventured to the desert! Palm Desert to be exact! We are in the market for a new truck, so we thought we would rent a Chevy Silverado to try it out! It was a Great size to fit all of us! So comfortably we left early Saturday morning for what usually is a 3 hour drive! (Not on a holiday weekend) We arrived in time for lunch where we were staying for the weekend! Our good friends, the Howdens, had recently moved there from L.A. ,and we were excited to see them! The next morning after church we took a picnic lunch to an absolutely amazing desert palm oasis in the mountains! It was incredible to see a full stream of water with pools large enough to swim in surrounded by luscious palms! We enjoyed hiking, wading and swimming in the stream. Daniel, unfortunately was horribly sick and had to stay in bed! Jaelynn was completely worn out and her and I were both pretty sick ourselves the very next day! After a pleasant breakfast we headed home to recover! Not quickly either by any means, it took us almost 6 hours to get home! Who would have thought that the desert could be so beautiful? We enjoyed ourselves completely!