Southern California Club Xterra
Southern California Club Xterra => SCCX Xcursion Pictures => Topic started by: Paul on January 25, 2009, 03:10:56 PM
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What a wonderful trip. The weather couldn't have been any better, nice mid-70's in the daytime with lots of sunshine. Come evening it dropped down to shirt sleeve weather ( ;) until about 8 PM when a jacket was needed). Just a lick of wind over night with crystal clear skies. The USMC provided a bit of thunder (artillery likely) from 29 palms.
Five trucks attended the run Saturday morning.
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Along a trail in Joshua.
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Dad can I keep him?
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How's your car insurance?
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The club pitches in and helps the young ranger who ripped a sidewall open. He had come by and chatted with us for about ten minutes during our lunch break. I get nervous because it always seems they're interrogating us.
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A rare look inside my truck. Poor Trixie was worn out by this point.
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We stopped in mid-afternoon for some play time on the rocks.
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It was hard to keep the kids off the rocks :D
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There had been a tiny bit of rain from what the ranger told us and the views were great with the clean air and no wind.
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(more to follow)
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That night Justin and Natasha joined Noon and I for some Korean barbecue. The following morning the light was just beautiful and I took some pictures of the Brooklyn Mine ruins. It looks like this mining area has been worked for like 100 years.
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A couple of trucks were abandoned around the mine site. This one got high centered and seriously stuck. Looks like it needed the black and white treatment.
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This guy was a bit older and while looking around it I found a Geo-Stash stuffed under the still functional hood.
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I played with the textures and colors in this one.
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And finally a big one - this is set up for a dual monitor desktop back ground.
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Paul, you always manage to take great pictures. Thank you for that. Again, we had a great time!
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Great pictures and commentary Paul. Looks like a good time. Sorry to hear that the rangers were shadowing you (again). I wonder if they all speak to each other or something. Did you veer off the trail for a bit at some point? ;D
Was it just the two trucks camping? Sounds like you camped in the north area, where we were in November of 2006. If so, that's a pretty nice area. BTW, according to my book Mines of High Desert, the Brooklyn Mine was discovered in 1890.
We'll have to do a separate Bradshaw Run in a month or so, like the one we did in early 2007. The distances are really too great to combine with JTNP, given the short daylight hours.
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Awesome pics Paul!
Natasha and I greatly enjoyed your company, your stimulating conversation and the tasty treats.
Thanks again to Noon for making the perfect fire pit!
We both hope to see you guys soon on a future run.
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We both hope to see you guys soon on a future run.
Dittos, hope you enjoyed the "sea stories". :D