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01: Spring break in the desert from Wednesday to Saturday. We survived the high winds and loved the cooler than usual temperatures. My favorites from the trip? The ride to Shell Reef and playing Nerts and Speed Scrabble in the Day's trailer.
02: Maren's favorites from the trip? "Going on the ride we just went on to Shell Reef and going bowling. I liked everything!" (photo taken on that ride)
03: Lauren and Justin ready to ride. Lauren's favorites: The airplane graveyard (a random scrap metal lot in the middle of the desert) and Mexican food was good (we discovered a local Mexican restaurant on our excursion to El Centro for bowling).
04: Craig's favorites: Mexican food restaurant, the ride to Shell Reef (photo taken there), spending time with family, and he liked watching how our kids are progressing in the sport (of motorcycle riding). Ashley's favorites: "I liked bowling. I liked the hikes that we did and all the rides".
05: "Oh my gosh! This is the best part of my trip!" Emily got to drive the rhino on our long ride for the first time with Mom as passenger (not her first time driving the rhino though). Other favorites included watching movies in our trailer and going bowling.
06: Playing cards with Grammy. We stopped in Fallbrook on the way home from the desert to celebrate Grammy's 68th birthday.
07: Grammy and Grandpa's house in Fallbrook. This is the house Craig grew up in from the time he was about 10.
08: Emily's crazy quilt. Emily put together the squares; there is one more row of 3 that got cropped from the photo to fit above. Then Grammy sewed them together with the sashing and binding and quilted it on her friend's long-arm machine. It has a really cute jungle-print minkie on the back. Emily is so excited about her eclectic creation.
09: Nathan, crashed in our bed. Nathan can only go to sleep at night in his bed if Craig or I lay by him until he falls asleep. Usually we can do that for him, but tonight we were busy unloading the trailer, so he curled up in our bed. Nathan's favorites from the trip: "Best part? Riding my motorcycle on all the rides, and bowling, and getting my two hot wheels cars" (from the Super Wal-Mart in El Centro on our outing).