Always looking for a new adventure, we decided to go on a real hike in the desert. We headed to the mountains to check out Estrella Mountain Regional Park, and did the moderately difficult, 3 mile long, Baseline trail. Yes, I want to give props to Nene and the rest of us for jumping right in to a moderate instead of easy hike for our first one 🙂 One thing about desert hiking is that there are no shady spots to providing natural resting areas so we would stop randomly in the full sun to drink our water.
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Cooper spent most of the hike sleeping in the Ergo carrier on Daddy’s back. Apparently it was a comfy ride.
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With all the dust from hiking, it was definitely time for a bath.
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- A clean and happy Cooper