Leo is one of my preschool friends. We are best friends. I am happy to have one of his drawings here.

Leo is one of my preschool friends. We are best friends. I am happy to have one of his drawings here.
By Gracee
May 2-4 2025
It was fun. 2 hour drive. Rocky and curvy.
Slept in car. I had 5 bags, including a stuffed animals’ bag.
We tried to go to Palm Trail, but we gave up then we explored a lot of different places like the Badlands. A few hours later it was lunchtime. We ate ramen and tuna. Then we went to this Cactus Loop Trail, which we also gave up.
Then we headed to Wind Cave Trail. We made it even with just a regular van. Next I got a junior ranger badge at the visiting center, and then we camped. It was VERY windy while we were setting up the tent. While I was watching Maleficent our tent broke, so my dad kept going outside and fixing it. Most people evacuated.
Next day, it was really fun, and we actually got to go to the Palm Trail.
It was a 3-hour-long hike for our family. Oh, we saw an oasis and palm trees on top of the mountain in the desert.
Then we went towards the national park visiting center to buy souvenirs. I bought a water bottle and the water bottle holder thing. It was starting to rain, so we went home early. We were supposed to go to the Slot. While we were driving, we saw something like a windstorm, so we were glad we left earlier than we planned because the windstorm was the way we were heading if we were going to the slot.
Soon, we will visit Anza-Borrego State Park again.
Badlands and Windcave are unpaved roads in the desert.