01-28

I woke up around 3:30 and heard the pitter-patter of light rain on the roof of "Plan B".
"I hope this passes over" I thought and went back to sleep.
When I got up at 6:30 the sky was clear.

Today we went to "Skull Rock" for a weenie roast.
There were seven vehicles in the group;
Four Side by side ATVs, two Jeeps and one Quad Runners.
The group consisted of seven Canadians;
Suzanne, Roy, Missy, Junior, Cindy, Dave and Bob.
And six Yanks;
Becky, Dennis, Debby, Mike and of course Patti and me.
We lined up at the entrance to the Holiday Palms.

When every one was in line we headed out of town and down highway 95 for about 15 miles to the road to Palm canyon in the Kofa Refuge. We turned onto the road and into a large parking area where the ATV drivers could off load there rigs.

Eventually we were ready to go so we headed out Palm Canyon Rd. to the intersection with the Queen Mine road where we turned left heading for Skull rock. About half way out we stopped at a place with a nice view of beautiful rocks and canyons. I always stop here because the view is so nice.

Here the trail drops into a wash that winds up the canyon. The wash showed the effects of the recent rains and was a little rough.
Eventually we got to Skull rock.

Roy got the fire going.

While we waiting for the fire to get to the point where we could start burning the dogs, Junior and Bob climbed the hill behind Skull Rock. There is a huge rock up there with a rectangular hole at its base.

There are other rocks with holes or arches in them farther up the hill.

Just about every direction you look has a nice view. This one is looking down the wash that we drove up.

After lunch, we hung out for a couple of hours enjoying the company and the scenery.

Several parties of Jeep's, ATVs, a couple of hikers and one guy on a motorcycle came by while we were there.
Eventually it was time to go so after loading up our gear and pouring water on the fire we headed back down the wash to the parking area where the ATV were loaded back on there trailers and we headed for home.
It was another great day and it was nice to go back to Skull Rock.

I don't know what we will do next but keep checking the blog.