Desert Adventures

P&J always have something they are working on. Today it was making prickly pear jam, syrup, and juice for cooking. So, we packed up our water (it is the middle of the summer out here - and it was forecasted to be the hottest day of the year) and drove out to the desert to harvest the fruit.

Of course everything in the desert either has stickers or wants to bite or sting you. So, they were very careful to keep an eye out for me to keep me safe. Fortunately, we did not run into any snakes or scorpions (that we saw of course :-) ). Once we got home, the whole de-stickering and juicing process started in earnest. As you can see I like to help and kept P&J company while they worked for hours and hours. They picked, cleaned, & juiced 23 pounds of p.pears. They say the prickly pear mojito was very good and worth the effort. I like going on adventures with them!