Desert Museum and Lambert Park

Saturday (5 July 2008)

Desert Museum
We had intended to visit the Desert Museum earlier in the morning of yesterday but AN and I woke up at almost 9am, the time Mr Liow planned to leave home.

We managed to get ready by 9.20am. Mr Liow was unpacking the printer then. We left home at abt mid-10am and reach about 11am at the Desert Museum.

It was interesting! There were lots of cactus-es to see, and animals like Otters, Beavers, Foxes etc. Not to forget the creepy crawlies that are known to to roam the deserts.

It's a pity the weather was too hot to stand and check out information about everything that we see. We were afraid AN would be burnt under the hot noon sun although she's got sunblock-SPF50 on her whole body. The sun was seriously too hot.

Mr Liow and I, and the baby were perspiring like mad by the time we left, 2 hours after the start of our tour. We've decided to return once the weather turns cooler in a few months' time.

Here comes the pictures!

On our way there

Baby was dozing

We are going in quietly to meet...Eeks...

Double EEks!

Evening Primrose Species

HOT day and we forgot to bring AN's cap. Papa gave his cap up to shelter the baby from the burning heat.

Tall and interesting looking tree. The roots do not look steady enough to hold it up, do they?

Growing up - Cactuses

The big ones we see are at least 70 yrs old!
Sorry, realised the pictures are not that helpful or informative enough. They seem to be all over the place. More in the phone but those were really badly taken. *tsk tsk*


Lambert Park
We took Baileys and Maen to Lambert Park (the park where Mr Liow went to meet the guys for soccer last week). It was a nice evening stroll with the sun nicely tucked behind mountains in the other direction. It still felt warm tho, at abt 35 deg C.

The park is nice and clean with pavements for BM to walk on. There are poo-bags along the walkways so dog owners can pick up after their dogs. I didn't know that beforehand and brought our own. Not everyone picked up after their dogs tho. Moral of the story is, inconsiderate people are everywhere, irregardless or nationality and race.

People were playing ball games on large patches of fields. Baileys looked really interested in the games they were playing, so much so that I believe he'd have ran to join in their fun if he wasn't leashed up.

The stroll was really nice, something I truly enjoyed away from shopping and more shopping. Had the weather been cooler, it would have been perfect.

Mr Liow said he won't mind bringing BM to the park everyday after work when the weather turns cooler. hmm...That will be good. Slow stroll to relax before turning in for the night. We'll see if time allows, and if he's tired after a long day at work.

BM were well behaved at the park. They approached doggies who were interested to meet them, and left alone, those whose owners prefer not to let them mingle. So proud of them. Each time we see on Animal Planet, how some dogs can be so manipulating or difficult to control, we can't help but feel blessed than BM are naturally well behaved without so much effort on our part.

It's been a while since they pee-d outside home and both were a little unsure if that was something wrong to do. Both pee-d a few times while walking, as if hoping that I won't notice and discipline them for peeing. I didn't, of course.

And their paws were relatively clean after the walk (it was reasonably dirty), unlike after their walk at Country Inn and outside our home where all 8 paws were black and looked as if they had been soaked in tar-water.

After walking them once, Neigi mentioned it was 'too much work' coz we both used many many many pieces of baby wipes to clean their 8 paws that were stained black. hehe! He had only seen their paws at their dirtiest after a walk. The paws are not always THAT dirty after a walk, depending on where we walk them. Wonder why their paws turn so dirty after a walk at certain places.

Looking forward to bringing them there again. Do I hear BM agreeing with me?

To Mr Liow: Thanks for bringing us there yesterday, and for the tour at Desert Museum.