One of the greatest benefits of being related to the Murdy clan is getting to tag along with experienced hikers everywhere we go. In fact, my in-laws are such hiking gurus, that they lead the local monthly Sierra Club hikes in Joshua Tree each season.
Tomorrow I will join them for this hike (no more pregnancy updates until Monday):
“November 17th…  Wonderland to Willow Hole. Joshua Tree National Park If someone is waiting in the background for you to check Palm and Pine for a hike on this date, say the following out loud, â€Here’s a good one: we can go cross country with the Murdys in Joshua Tree National Park in a place called The Wonderland of Rocks.â€Â It’s a shuttle hike from Barker Dam, north to a couple of rock art sites and then to Willow Hole. Lunch there and a walk out through the Wonderland wash about six miles, on the strenuous side, and involves boulder scrambling. Probably a couple of hundred feet altitude gain.†Bring lunch, snacks, and at least two liters of liquid.”
I am happily escaping to Joshua Tree for the day to scramble, hike, talk, and be in the wilderness. I love me a strenuous hike.
