We spent another gloriously sunny day hiking around in the desert looking at rocks and a mine. Our hike was a 9.8 mile loop out to Ruby Lee Mill and around Porcupine Wash with almost 1000′ of climbing. Disclaimer: We saw no porcupines. We hiked out into the Hexie Mountains across the desert heading generally …
Month: February 2021
Needing a shorter hike after a long day before, we picked to hike to Mastodon Peak and then free hike out to some rock formations and explore. Our hike was 5 miles of exploration. We started hiking from the Cottonwood Springs Trailhead and went clockwise up the wash to the trail leading to Mastodon Mine. …
After taking a day off we picked a longer hike on the other side of the park to tackle. Our hike was 9.2 miles with a whole lot of slow going boulder scrambling at the turn around point. We hiked out to Willow Hole which is a giant willow tree that is nestled in towering …
Not far from where we are camped is a great hike in Joshua Tree National Park called the Lost Palm Oasis. This hike was 7.2 with over 1050′ of climbing. We got a fairly early for us start and passed a few people pretty quickly but then had the palm oasis to ourselves. The trail …
Today’s hike was 6 miles with 1050′ of climbing, basically all before the turn around point. We drove over to Painted Canyon at Mecca Hills Wilderness area by the Salton Sea. It’s down a sandy bumpy road that winds deeper and deeper into the steep walled canyon. The San Andreas Fault runs in this area …
For the next two weeks we’re boondocking by Joshua Tree National Park. We found a big spot down a gravel road on the south side and are happy to look out on mountains. On our first day here Derek and I hiked the Lost Horse Mine Loop deep in Joshua Tree National Park. Our loop was …
Two weeks at our current boondocking spot went fast and our last few days were spent like the rest, riding and hiking. Our Praying Hands to Slot Rock hike was a 5.2 mile loop with 1004′ of climbing and featured some fabulous rock outcroppings that looked like praying hands, and some giant rocks that formed …
There are a lot of hikes to choose from in the area we are boondocking. Derek and I picked to hike the Three Sisters Summit one day and off we went. We picked this hike because it is hard enough that not many people do it. It was 6.9 miles with 2503′ of climbing. The …