There are certain things which make Anza-Borrego a favorite place for us to visit. \u00a0 One is the weird dichotomy of civilized town and wild desert. \u00a0 In one there is knowledge and service, and in the other is the place where those things are needed if you are to understand what you are seeing and how to survive it.<\/p>\n
Emma started off the day with a special ranger program for kids only (no parents allowed), where she learned about tarantulas. \u00a0 Led by the ranger, she went looking for some but unfortunately there weren’t any to be found. \u00a0 Oddly enough, Emma is scared of little spiders but not of tarantulas. \u00a0 It has been repeatedly proposed that we keep one as a pet in the trailer, but I have vetoed this idea. \u00a0 I can imagine the day we pull in after towing, only to find a broken glass aquarium and no pet inside. \u00a0 It would be a long sleepless night waiting for the furry legs to show up in bed.<\/p>\n
When Emma returned from her talk\/walk, she was sporting a new Junior Ranger badge that looks like a six-pointed sheriff’s star, for having completed the state park workbook. \u00a0 I’ve lost count of how many she has earned. \u00a0 When we get to our new home base, Eleanor plans to mount them on a giant board of some type.<\/p>\n
Seeing Anza-Borrego really requires four-wheel drive. \u00a0 The drive to Font’s Point, for example, involves deep sand and ruts, but it gives you a terrific perspective on the badlands section of the park, which otherwise you’ll never see. \u00a0 You can see some of the badlands in the background of the picture above.<\/p>\n![\"anza-borrego-fonts-pt.jpg\"](\"http:\/\/tour.airstreamlife.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/anza-borrego-fonts-pt.jpg\")
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