If you've been keeping up on these blog posts I hope that you're enjoying them! After leaving Palm Springs we traveled through the Joshua Tree National Forest. It was cold. Probably about 35 degrees Fahrenheit, though I would have liked to explore some of the trails had we packed along some of our winter jackets. Though we also probably couldn't have done any extra exploring since we were somewhat limited in what we could do with my grandfather, who doesn't like to do much that doesn't involve a spot to sit. As we drove through I started to miss my best friend..and my goldfish. 
 The park offered many lookouts and I couldn't help but also imagine that the scenery would be perfect had dinosaurs roamed about (which thankfully they do not). 

I've never traveled anywhere during the holiday season, therefore seeing Christmas lights anywhere that didn't have snow was a little different for me, but also really neat at the same time. We went to a thing called Living Desert Lights in Palm Desert which was at the Living Desert Zoo. There are a few light shows like this in Wisconsin and I'm sure in other areas as well. The Christmas lights are hung around a path at the zoo, not throughout the whole zoo though just a section. Though it is still beautiful and I took plenty of pictures. 

 Although Arizona was colder than expected, it still managed to be a good vacation. 
While we were visiting my grandparents in their retirement village, we were staying in a unit right behind theirs. The first day we were there, the same day we had just gotten off the airplane, we took a winding, rock filled road out to a place called the Desert bar. 
 It sits on an old copper mine campground and attracts a large crowd, though it's only opened on the weekends, October through April, when the weather is mild! It's also completely solar powered. It's a neat rustic looking place and if you can manage the roads without getting ill then you should definitely visit!