Cami's Birthday

After departing from the North Side of Joshua Tree Park, we headed just outside the south entrance to the park where we stayed in January before heading to Disneyland. We were able to get into the exact same area where we stayed before and the girl's and cousin's 'fairy houses' were all still intact. Amazing.

The Belous all came out to set up camp with us and the three rigs made a nice circling of the wagons and alot of playing and marshmallow roasting ensued. Since it was Cami's Birthday we asked what she wanted for dinner and she said 'chicken fingers', so Diana and I proceeded to fry up 2 chickens worth of chicken fingers. Do you have any idea what that looks like in a small RV kitchen? Lets say it took 'awhile'. Never the less, they were a hit and did not last too long. Diana had also made a four layer chocolate cake with butter cream filling and chocolate ganache frosting. It was sooooo rich that most everyone could barely finish it. I did my best to not be everyone.....

Cami received some neat gifts and was very appreciative. She was sad though too, since I would be leaving in a couple of days to Washington to finish up some lingering business and stuff. But the vast majority of the time was lots of high energy and fun.

After everyone had left except us, we all went for a walk by a place I had seen earlier in the week. Sure enough, it was a tortoise hole and as we got close there was a tortoise sitting there! What a sight. It saw us just as we saw it and it dived into its hole. From a respectful and careful distance Diana was able to shoot a couple of photos of the back of the tortoise. For reference, the tortoise was approximately 10-12" across, making it about 50 years old we were told.

After that cool experience, we headed back into the Indio/Palm Springs area so that I could pack up to catch a plane to the PNW to take care of business.