"YESSSSS! Now it's safe to go potty!!!"

So said Littlest Eclectic upon hearing that the forest of Joshua trees at the approach to the Grand Canyon had given way to gentler high-desert topography. Apparently, Joshua trees are threatful. Who knew?

Yes, Dear Internets… “we loaded up the truck and moved to Beverleeeeee… Hills, that is.” Well, not exactly. But we DID drive about 3,200 miles in the space of 11 days, and saw things – lots of things, wondrous things, AMAZING things. Like this:





And this:





And this:





Also, this:





As well as this:





So… I wish that all of you could have been there with me, but I notice that none of you offered to help me drive. Whatever.

I’ll post more photos later, because I know that most people love nothing more than being subjected to slide shows of other people’s vacations, and I wouldn’t want to deprive you. I’m a giver like that. Between now and then I have to work, update the family calendar for the month, file my taxes, and tackle the mountain of dirty laundry that looms ominously in the utility room. If I don’t return, start the questioning with that innocent-looking Snuggle character.