We leave Joshua Tree tomorrow

We have had a wonderful stay here.  We have hiked over 100 miles at this park this year.....unless one counts the trips to the bathroom.  This morning Vicky wore the GPS for a trip to the bathroom.  It is .25+ mile, round trip (8 foot elevation gain).

Figuring conservatively on two trips per day, that makes it 7 miles in our two weeks at White Tank Campground. 

That's like another hike!

So do we say we have hiked 101 miles or 108?  You decide.  



We took the photo that we have used on the blog almost a year ago at Joshua Tree National Park, in the same spot in the campground we have this year.  We decided to take a new photo and retire the old one, but are including it here for sentimental reasons.  It shows our old Chinook camper that we had such a great time in.

Our remaining mystery is what has happened to my underwear.  Do you lose underwear?

I have lost 6 pair on this road trip.  We cannot figure.  Is there a thief following us around?  We can see maybe leaving one in a shower, but even that seems remote.  We have dug through everything.  Does someone steal them when they are left out to dry after we (ha ha "we"......Vicky) washes them?

My theory is that they have run off because they are humiliated.  Vicky keeps referring to them as "undies" and I try to explain that "undies" is not a boy's term.  They are "underwear."

Three weeks ago we had grandson Soren over to spend the night, and Vicky asked him where his "undies" were.  He asked, simply, "Do you mean my underwear?"  I want to announce to everyone that three weeks later I  have totally forgotten this incident and never bring it up with Vicky.