ISI Claremont 2009 New Year Greetings!

We started this year by going to Joshua Tree National Park on January 3, 2008.  There are 19 people in this trip, including 10 students, 5 American friends, and 4 children. 

A day prior to the trip, a couple of students had a sleepover at J's and Egid's because we started the day early morning, at 6:30 AM, on the day of the trip.  Rachel, Sam, and Yok prepared a hot-pot dinner for all of the students who came the day before the trip.  It was very yummy.  We even have leftovers that we continued to eat for lunch on Sunday, a day "after' the trip. After the hot-pot dinner, we prepared turkey sandwiches for tomorrows’ lunch.   

At the Joshua Tree National Park, we played a couple of games and went on a Keys’ Ranch tour.  The weather was freezing, but we managed to do a half-mile hike, visited a cactus garden, and the visitor center as well.

On our way home, we stopped by at Cabazon outlet to do a little bit of shopping or window-shopping for about three hours.  We left Cabazon at 7:30 PM and were able to come home around 9:30 PM.