Memorial Day Weekend

We usually go camping during Memorial Day weekend, but we were lazy this year and didn't plan for it. Instead, we just took a day trip and had a picnic. We picked a new trail out of our SoCal 4X4 book, packed the cooler, and headed out to Lower Coyote Canyon. This is a picture of "The Badlands" off the S22 on our way towards Borrego Springs. It reminds me of a mini Grand Canyon.

Arriving at the trail entrance.

It was a great day to enjoy the natural beauty of desert.

The book said we'd pass through 3 water crossings. Here's the first one.

And the second stream...

Then we approached this. See the arrow on the sign pointing right into the river? Yup, that's our trail! We started to go in, but then it got deeper so we got scared and backed out.

We pulled over and got out to explore while Devin contemplated whether or not we could make it through.

After watching 2 other vehicles drive through, we decided to go for it. But not until we took a family picture!

We took a detour off the main trail to check out this historical landmark.

Here's the open view from the landmark point.

At the very end of the trail was a small area designated for camping and a hiking trail that led up to an oasis. It was pretty cool so I'm sure we'll go back again sometime.