Why do you travel?
I never traveled for fun before I met my husband. Sure we moved a lot growing up but we stayed home. We were a happy and close family even though we didn’t travel. So no you don’t need to travel to see more, learn new things, grow, and so on. But once I experienced travel it became very important to my family and I.
We travel so that we can see things we haven’t seen before. Yes, you can watch things on TV but it isn’t the same. When we went to Jamaica on a missionary trip it becomes really real when all our senses were involved and not just sight. We prefer new places but we do love revisiting some places over and over again.
We travel to learn something new.
We travel so we can have new experiences. We love trying things for the first time. Not all the experiences are good but we learned something out of those bad situations : like getting bitten by a howler monkey, losing our child, or having someone we love almost drown in the ocean. Bad experiences happen even at home. You can’t prevent them.
We travel so that we can grow as individuals and as a family.
We travel so that we can expand our perspective. People who travel are pretty open minded. You see that even though we may think that others are different, in truth we have way more in common. I love meeting new people in person. There is something about facial expressions that is magical.
We travel so that we can strengthen our relationships. We have so many stories to share and experiences to remember.
We travel because we love good adventures and life is one beautiful adventure.
Cholla Cactus Garden
Cholla Cactus Garden is a must stop if your passing through Joshua National Park. The most cuddly cactus around known as the teddy bear cholla. This cactus is known for penetratingĀ your skin from the slightest touch. While also being difficult to remove from skin because of the barbs on the spines. Peter had a bad experience here when he was around two years old. He happened to get close enough to the cactuses that his head was covered with spines. This time I walked away for a minute and my husband accidentally got it stuck on his sweater and in his skin. After getting all that over with his hand was numb. It is no wonder that Joshua National Park actually has an emergency kit at the entrance of this trail because I’m sure this isn’t the first or the last time this has occurred. This is a really awesome hike as long as you try to keep your distance from the cactus. The walk is short and easy.
Arch Rock Loop
Skull Rock
Hidden Valley Trail
Picnic at Quail Springs
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