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| Celia and the horses are down there on the flat...somewhere |
- Trail: North Eagle Eye to BLM
- Miles: 5.56
- Riders: Self - Celia
- Horses: Jack - Dirt
- Dogs: None - learned my lesson and left Groot home
Notes: This was a cool ride. We hauled to the end of Eagle Eye and put in at BLM and rode toward the Harcuvar Mnts. We found some cool "yard art" and marked it on my GPS to gather later. We passed a large tank that still has water in it. I was shocked. I didn't think any of the tanks would still have water in them. We continued on north toward the mountains. I spotted something about half the way up the mountain that looked sort of like a shelter/cave hut. It was super rocky and lot's of cholla so Celia stayed with the horses while I hiked up to it. I remember saying "Oh, it's not that far...I'll hurry." It wasn't that far as the crow flies but the desert terrain is deceiving. I crawled into and out of steep ravines strewn with massive boulders. A lot of water comes down those things. I disappeared long enough that Celia called to make sure I had not met my demise. I made it close enough to the "structure" to see that it wasn't anything but a big rock. A big rock I shall call "the rock of disappointment. What goes up...must come down. I'd rather hike UP than down but I made it.
We tracked back to the yard art and carried it close to a road we hoped I could get my truck/trailer down without getting stuck. I'm happy to report we made it home with yard art intact.
I downloaded my tracks and discovered that I'd ridden close to this area last year. If Celia and I would have headed west through a big saddle, we would have ended up at Nellie-Meda Mine and dropped into Robson Ranch. This is the same route in reverse that Phil and I took a couple years ago.
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| gnarly cacti |
