Cross country with the Jensen-Hamlin crew

For 5 days during June we hit the road with Chris' parents, our kids, and another family with two kids. The purpose was to show everyone some Mongolian countryside, and a little bit of ADRA's food security projects. The weather was great, the road was typical Mongolian style, the scenery changed from forest to wild flowers to steppe grasslands to rocky desert. We were in two Land Cruisers (traveling in style!) and the four children traveling with us did really well, considering the many hours in the cars every day. Click on this link to see a map of where we went: Jensen-Hamlin Road Trip - Map

Day 1: Kharhorin, site of ancient Mongolian capital

Day 2: Getting directions from the man with the mirror in Orkhon Valley



Day 2: Playing in summer grass near the waterfall in Orkhon Valley



Day 2: The waterfall in Orkhon Valley



Day 2: Jensen and Hamlin families in front of the waterfall



Day 2: Going overland, off the "main" road between the waterfall and Aravkheer



Day 2: Wonderful wildflowers







Day 2: Looking for Aravkheer



Day 3: Bayankhongor - Alesia and Justus, best buddies

Day 4: Meeting with ADRA staff at the Jinst garden project



Day 4: ADRA Programs Director at work!

Day 4: Chilling out at our ger, on a patch of green grass by a spring in the Gobi Desert (near Bogd)

Day 5: Khaan (King) of the Bogd Sand Dunes

Day 5: Family and the ADRA staff - just before we started on a 12 hour marathon drive back to Ulaanbaator!