Wow, the weather has finally gotten warm enough for Clifford to go topless and doorless.
OK, yesterday we took a ride with Becky , Dennis, Missy (Suzanne) and Junior (Denis).
We headed south from Quartzsite to the long term visitors area on the south end of town. It is a large section of desert that the BLM runs as a fee camping area.
The road we wanted runs east through the camp ground and then southeast toward the mountains. We followed the road for a a few miles then we tried a few trails going into the mountains. Most turned out to be dead ends. We stopped to check out a quartz outcrop
Eventually we hit on a track that entered a wash and went all the way through the mountains. Along the way we saw some Big Horn Sheep.
These are the first ones we have seen in the last two years, also we saw some early wildflowers.
As we traveled along, the trail began to get a little rocky.
Check out this short video.
The going got tougher
and tougher
Eventually we had to spot for each other to get over the rocks.
We even had to add a few rocks.
This was the worst spot but we all made it through with a little work.
Dennis and I decided to go around this one
but Junior drove up the rock.
And did a good job of it. After passing the last of the rocky area we all felt like manly men.
The wash entered a very narrow section.
Along this stretch we came to another memorial.
This one was for Mr. Bill 1920 to 2006.
We finally got through the wash and climbed over some steep mountains. After a while Patti suggested that I run a track on the Net book to see if we may have passed Dripping Spring so we pulled over at a wide spot where I connected the GPS to the net book and sure enough we had passed the turn off back in the narrows. We turned around and headed back over the hills and into the wash again where we found the turn off to Dripping Spring. It is in a small cave against a steep rock wall.
No! Dennis is not peeing in the spring. It was nice and cool in the shade near the spring.
Along the trail to the spring are many Petroglyphs.
We left the spring and headed east where we eventually came to the mailbox cabin.
From there we headed for home via the rout that Patti and I tried to find on our ride last Saturday. There is one spot on this trail that is very narrow and Junior had a scary time getting passed it. I didn't realize that his jeep is five inches wider than mine. The trail is so narrow that the five inches made the jeep almost too wide to get between a rock bank on the left and the cliff on the right. Fortunately he got through OK. We stopped at an old abandoned rock cabin
with a view of Quartzsite.
From there it was about a half hour drive home. Here is the map.
What a great ride! It was challenging, exciting and beautiful.
Hey Marty. That was quite a ride, glad you enjoyed it. Love the manly men shot and those petroglifts were interesting. Patty looks great in that shot of the three women. She having a great time. Wish I were there.
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