Topic: Sat Nov 22: Fish Creek & Sandstone Canyon - Anza Borrego

[Paul]

Great weekend except for the REALLY big spiders that were everywhere.

Sat Nov 22: Fish Creek & Sandstone Canyon - Anza Borrego

[Paul]

John was back with Diana who said that she'd be back.

Sat Nov 22: Fish Creek & Sandstone Canyon - Anza Borrego

Frank did a good job lead ... the job is a bit like herding cats.

Sat Nov 22: Fish Creek & Sandstone Canyon - Anza Borrego

Lunch in Sand Creek

Sat Nov 22: Fish Creek & Sandstone Canyon - Anza Borrego

Here's the group in the morning following a beautiful evening. Carl and Fred spent the night but had to leave early.

Sat Nov 22: Fish Creek & Sandstone Canyon - Anza Borrego

[Paul]

Got no idea why John's picture is sideways above!

On the way out.

Sat Nov 22: Fish Creek & Sandstone Canyon - Anza Borrego

Really big spider story

Sat Nov 22: Fish Creek & Sandstone Canyon - Anza Borrego

Bobby

Sat Nov 22: Fish Creek & Sandstone Canyon - Anza Borrego

Carlos and the twins

Sat Nov 22: Fish Creek & Sandstone Canyon - Anza Borrego

[Paul]

Dan made the long trip down

Sat Nov 22: Fish Creek & Sandstone Canyon - Anza Borrego

Rachel and her ghetto door latch (insert).

Sat Nov 22: Fish Creek & Sandstone Canyon - Anza Borrego

More story telling

Sat Nov 22: Fish Creek & Sandstone Canyon - Anza Borrego

And around the camp fire.

Sat Nov 22: Fish Creek & Sandstone Canyon - Anza Borrego

[Paul]

That night most left but for those that staid behind the fire was nice, the conversations were good, and the stars were amazing!

Sat Nov 22: Fish Creek & Sandstone Canyon - Anza Borrego

Sat Nov 22: Fish Creek & Sandstone Canyon - Anza Borrego

Sat Nov 22: Fish Creek & Sandstone Canyon - Anza Borrego

Sat Nov 22: Fish Creek & Sandstone Canyon - Anza Borrego

Sat Nov 22: Fish Creek & Sandstone Canyon - Anza Borrego

These were done with a Nikon D-90 and a tripod. I used an LED light to paint the rocks with a bit of light.

[Paul]

A  nice little waterfall in Sand Canyon before the section that's now closed down.

Sat Nov 22: Fish Creek & Sandstone Canyon - Anza Borrego

[Soylent Yellow]

Great pictures Paul.  But you posted the same one twice but with different captions.  I'm so confused. 

[Paul]

You're confused?

Sat Nov 22: Fish Creek & Sandstone Canyon - Anza Borrego

[FrankB]

This was a great time everyone. Thanks to all who showed up. It was really nice to see some old friends we had not seen in a while, and meet some new one too.

Camping was nice, we found a good spot almost to the end of Sandstone, it was really quiet until this one white Xterra came roaring up the canyon. It was Tom (Pigcat) who somehow managed to find us just as Paul & Noon were handing out freshly charred meat on a stick. Talk about perfect timing.  Bobby's fire pit worked great, and the weather was just about perfect.

As Mitch mentioned, there is now a closure just before what used to be the really narrow part of Sandstone Canyon, but even so it's still pretty nice back there.  Here are a couple of pictures from March of 2006 so you can get an idea what it was like.

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[xperienced]

Thanks for a great trip everyone.  It was fun to meet all of you and I hope you join the group again soon.  Next time I'll devote more time to the drive...

Those pictures are really cool.

[chad]

Hi everyone the twins and I had a great time.
nice to meet all you
hope to see you again soon
Brought home lots of rocks
The twins spent all day Sunday sorting them out.
Ps.
I forgot to fill in my log book (would like to have a log book)
Can you guys or gals please post your call sign

[Paul]

KG6 Oh A Z! (OAZ)

Sat Nov 22: Fish Creek & Sandstone Canyon - Anza Borrego

Bobby is KI6JVC and Rachel KI6JVD

[chad]

thanks Paul

[XterracerX]

2 words... A W E--S O M E!!!   

What an epic trip! Very scenic indeed as Frank described it!

We took the scenic route through Julian on the way back and really saw the changing of the colors. I highly recommend driving through it and take a few snapshots on the way--very colorful! Had a quick lunch at the vista point near Julian overlooking Anza Borrego then headed back home... 

13 trucks, 5 campers, countless kebabs, one awesome time! Thanks Frank for being the Trail Boss and Paul & Noon for the awesome barbeque! It was good to see everyone and meet new members. The gathering around the "crackling" fire log was priceless. Really had a good time!

Bobby, good luck with Open Road. Sounds like there's a lot of potential in it!

Dan, the How-to-prep an MRE was very entertaining! What's on the menu next time?

Will post pics soon...

[Oz]

Great photos everyone!  AWESOME Night shots Paul!