Southern California Club Xterra
Southern California Club Xterra => SCCX Xcursion Pictures => Topic started by: steve c on April 19, 2015, 08:51:51 PM
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Great time with the SCCX crew (and friends)
I'm anxious to see all of the awesome photos from the weekend!
I'll update over the next couple of days as I go through everything.
Here's one to start
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That was a really great trip. Everything came together really well with a group of great folks! Nice pic from up on the top of that hilltop.
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Great time with the SCCX Family! I'll go through my photos more this week, but here is a great one to start with!
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Great time with the SCCX Family! I'll go through my photos more this week, but here is a great one to start with!
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I'm still waiting for pictures of the tacoed skid plate... Speaking of tacos, man that carne was outta control. Many kudos to Toro on that one!
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That's an awesome shot Steve.
We had a great time. Anyone else's legs sore as hell?
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Yes, my legs are sore as hell also! I haven't done that much climbing and hiking in a long time, but man it felt great.
I have literally hundreds of photos to go through, and I'll get some good ones posted up soon. Here's what I was able to grab after the sun went down at camp the second night:
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Damn Joe! Those are 2 amazing shots!!! The stars in the back....the glow of the gigantic fire.....great shots!!
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We had a great time. Anyone else's legs sore as hell?
My stomach hurts from all the laughter!
Randy's night show is not to be missed...a really good time all!!
Daphne and I had a blast!
Hole In The Wall lunch stop...day 2
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Somewhere on Route 66 pre trip geocache run
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I posted some pics on FB...get more up here too soon. :)
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The food....we ate WELL.
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Mojave river
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Great time Great food as always
Thank you everyone
Especially Toro ;D for organizing this whole Run
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Thanks for the nice photos guys, and for editing out the Duffman Fire Dance scene.
Obviously, I had a great time... and nilda and I really enjoyed meeting so many new folks as well as the usual suspects. Of course a big thanks to our Trail Master Danny and his way cool family for making it all happen.
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The food....we ate WELL.
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AH HA.. proof that steve broke his diet :) no worries, you earned it buddy, good job.
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Great great time with you all, thanks for the hospitality. https://vimeo.com/125542476 (https://vimeo.com/125542476)https://vimeo.com/125542511 (https://vimeo.com/125542511)(http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/04/20/f1b2681ba9248e490f9511bd2e17f6b1.jpg)(http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/04/20/70788d286985d783b0f864464999edbe.jpg)(http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/04/20/530d720e117c5562dd59ee597beeaf67.jpg)
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Great great time with you all, thanks for the hospitality. https://vimeo.com/125542476 (https://vimeo.com/125542476)https://vimeo.com/125542511 (https://vimeo.com/125542511)(http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/04/20/f1b2681ba9248e490f9511bd2e17f6b1.jpg)(http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/04/20/70788d286985d783b0f864464999edbe.jpg)(http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/04/20/530d720e117c5562dd59ee597beeaf67.jpg)
Great shots Sir John of Fullerton!!
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Finally getting around to posting some photos here. I'll break them down into the days of the trip:
On Thursday 4/16, my brother and I departed for Laughlin. We decided to make a full day out of the trip there, stopping to hike and check out a few things through the desert.
Our first stop was to hike to the rim of Amboy Crater, just outside of the old town of Amboy along historic Route 66.
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Sure looked like it would have been fun to try to drive to the top, but you weren't allowed anywhere near it with a vehicle.
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The hike up to the rim and back was about 3 miles round trip from the parking area. Not a difficult hike at all, even in the desert heat, but the 200 feet of incline in the last tenth of a mile is a real leg burner. :)
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Saw several large desert iguanas along the hiking trail on our way out to the crater:
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It was a rather windy day, with dust devils popping up all over the place:
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The view from the top was amazing!
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Then, it was back onto the highway for the quick drive into Amboy:
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Once in Amboy, we stopped off at the infamous Roy's Diner (which is no longer a diner, but now just a gas station and gift shop with a few refreshments). According to the owners, this is the most photographed sign in the world:
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Took a lunch break, and enjoyed a cold refreshing bottle of their famous Route 66 "Route Beer":
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After lunch, it was off into the hills to explore some old mines I had found on my last trip out this way:
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This particular mineshaft looked to be in pretty good condition, so in we went (disclaimer: entering old mine shafts is a very dangerous activity and shouldn't be done without the proper training and equipment. I admit that my brother and I are idiots for doing this, so please don't follow our lead):
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Always remember to bring your little brother along, so he can rush ahead and find all of the danger for you :)
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This particular shaft went in about 300 feet and came to an abrupt end. It looks to have been an exploratory tunnel for a nearby main shaft that was in no condition to explore.
We found the end of the shaft and there were several deep drill marks in the walls. This mine appears to have been worked with some modern equipment, probably within the last 30 years:
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The mine is listed on a few maps I checked, but did not have a name on any of them. I am unsure exactly what was mined here, but the end had some pretty cool purple minerals surrounded in very cool looking sparkly quartz. We managed to chip off a few small pieces of the purple stuff, but couldn't do much without a hammer:
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The view out of the tunnel back to the outside world:
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From here, we moved around to the other side of the hill to explore what appears to have been the main shaft, complete with a small wooden headframe. This shaft only went in about 30 feet, where it was then collapsed:
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There was a massive vertical shaft in the ground just below the main entrance. This indicates that this mine probably had several levels, and this shaft was likely used to haul ore out, straight up the shortest route. The wood around the shaft and the headframe all appeared to be in pretty good shape, again indicating that this mine was probably worked within the last 30 years:
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A view down the dark shaft in the afternoon desert sun was enough to make you kind of disoriented. It was about 80-100 feet straight down:
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When zoomed all the way in, the camera flash was able to illuminate the shaft enough to see the inside. There was a good amount of trash and broken beer bottles down there from partying kids and vandals - a product of this particular mine being so easily accessable from the paved highway. Notice the late-80s cadillac wire wheel type hubcap toward the bottom right, partially buried in rock tailings:
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We could see that there is access to the horizontal shafts at multiple levels, but the whole thing looked to be in pretty poor condition. My guess is that even a well experienced mine explorer probably wouldn't touch this one with a 10 foot pole:
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At this point, it was time to head back to the main highway and on to Laughlin for a hot meal and a good night's rest.
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Nice pics, keep them posting I'd like to see what you were able to take along that trip.
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On day two, we filled up our bellies and our gas tanks in Laughlin, then headed over to the Avi Resort and Casino to meet up with the rest of the SCCX group:
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Once everyone was all gassed up, iced up and fireworked up, we headed over to the true start of the Mojave Road next to the Colorado River, and aired down. My brother and I took advantage of the opportunity to grab a few poser shots at this location as well:
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From there, it was time to hit the Mojave Road as a group:
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Our first "bio-break" stop happened atop a nice hill, allowing us to take one last look at the river and civilization behind us, and the loooooong desert road ahead of us:
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After a little while on the road, we came upon an old abandoned settlement village, complete with a "hotel," church, houses, and a small cemetary:
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It was time to hit the road, but I have a strong feeling we made an impression on that little village ;)
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From there, we headed further on down the road to our lunch spot, the remnants of US Army Fort Piute:
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We enjoyed some lunch in the sun:
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But I kept getting this strange feeling that the "locals" just wanted us to die already:
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There was a few minutes to explore around the site after lunch. What remains of the fort is quite impressive. It's amazing that Army Soldiers build such an impressive structure in the middle of the desert, using nothing but the resources of the land:
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After lunch and fort exploring, it was time to hit the road again. This time, we had our newly-acquired group members, Jeep Guy (Garrett) and his father:
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From here, we traveled south for a short distance along the border of the Mojave National Preserve before turning west back onto the old Mojave Road and into the Preserve. We climbed a pretty good bit in altitude through the Piute Mountain Range before making our next stop:
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Following our little climbing adventure, we arrived at our next destination - the school bus:
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Our fearless leader climbed aboard and was ready to move us on to the next stop, but not before we all got together for one amazing group shot!
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From there, we headed further west, pausing briefly at the "penny can tree" (didn't get to grab any photos), before taking a quick look at the impressive OX Ranch, which is a private cattle ranch on the Preserve:
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From there, we west headed into the picturescue New York Mountains to make camp for the evening in beautiful Caruthers Canyon:
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We reached the camp site with plenty of sunlight to spare. The spot was BEAUTIFUL, at an altitute of almost 5800' and with almost inexplicable scrub oak trees everywhere. We had amazing views of the nearby 7500' peaks of New York 1 and New York 2, towering 1700 feet over us and reminding us just how tiny we are in this desert:
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With plenty of daylight left, several of us decided to go for a quick hike to the top of some nearby rock peaks, to take in the view:
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As you can see, with jagged rock outcroppings littering the area, steep washes and canyons, and an elevation of 6000' above sea level, this area is very much bighorn sheep country. I was REALLY hoping we would see some so I could photograph them. We did see plenty of their scat, but none of the elusive creatures. Photographing bighorn sheep in the wild is on my bucket list, so I may find myself travelling back to this spot at some point in the future.
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After watching most of the sunset, we headed back to camp before it was too dark:
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Back in camp, the master chefs were hard at work preparing a feast:
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After grubbing, we enjoyed some camp fire shenanigans before retiring to our tents for the night:
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Thanks for all the great photos. Nilda and I enjoyed reliving the trip while going through them.
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Seriously Joe....amazing shots....thanks again for posting and taking the time to take them!!!
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Thanks guys. I still have days 3 and 4 to go through :o
I got a bit busy at work this afternoon, so those might have to wait until tomorrow.
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F*@Kin Awesome Joe , Feel like I'm back on the Road , keep them coming , they look amazing
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Damn, I hope day 2 and 3 are coming soon.
Great pictures!
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I don't know nutin bout no Fire Jenga, wasn't there, can't prove anything, didn't do it......
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Day 3:
On Saturday morning, we awoke and had a spectacular breakfast complete with lots of bacon and peanut butter pancakes, as promised :)
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We broke camp and hit the road, heading south toward the town of Geoffs so we could restock on supplies. Along the way, we encountered two desert tortoises (torti?) who were a little camera shy, but allowed us to take a few cool photos:
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After restocking our supplies of gas, beer and ice, we hit the road again and took I-40 a few miles west to Essex road. Our caravan of aired-down Xterras was an impressive site along the roadways and Interstate:
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After stopping to assist some stupid kids who got their Acura stuck in a sandy wash, we moved on to the Hole In The Wall visitor's center:
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The scenery and views around the visitor's center were amazing!
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After a quick look around the visitor's center, several of us decided to take a hike along the nearby "Rings Trail"
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The trail was very technical, requiring navigation of several large drops using metal rings that had been attached to the canyon walls:
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Through the canyon portion of the trail, we got a few examples of why they call this area "Hole In The Wall"
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And got to see some of the local wildlife. This particular lizard was as fat around as an apple! He may have just eaten a huge meal, as he was acting really sluggish in the sun:
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While some of us wondered why it wasn't called the "Giant Puma Rock" area:
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Christtian even took a few moments to do the Danny:
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Once we dropped out of the canyon and into the valley floor, the views and scenery were once again breathtaking:
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We headed back to the vehicles and had a quick lunch before getting back on the road toward camp:
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The massive Cima Dome dominated the horizon ahead of us. The Cima Dome is a 70 square mile "bulge" in the earth, resulting from large accumulations of granite and magma pressing against the earth's crust from below. It rises 1500 feet above the surrounding terrain but doesn't have a "peak" like mountains do.
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We arrived at Camp Mojave a short time later and set up camp for the evening:
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With so much daylight left, several of us decided to take a side trip to the Kelso Depot and town of Cima. We left camp with about 5 or 6 vehicles and made the drive into Kelso, arriving about 45 minutes before the visitor's center closed:
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Kelso was a railroad town, built to house helper engines that would assist trains up the steep grade toward Cima. The current depot building at Kelso was opened in 1924, and remained in operation by the Union Pacific Railroad until 1985, when advanced diesel locomotives meant that a crew no longer needed to be station there.
The building sat vacant for several years and the Union Pacific Railroad planned to demolish it out of fears of vandalism and legal liability. At that time, local residents started a push for private donations and government assistance to take over the building and preserve it's history. In 1992, the Bureau of Land Management officially acquired the title to the building, and the Mojave National Preserve was formed in 1994 following the passing of the California Desert Protection Act. The US Park Service fully restored the building and re-opened it as the main park visitor center in 2005. The history of this building is rich, and the inside has been converted to a museum with displays of the railroading history and other history of the surrounding desert:
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The old Kelso Town Jail still remains at the site (it was actually moved here many years ago, to prevent it from falling apart like the rest of the town). As you can see, it housed Christtian nicely:
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There is even an old restaurant area inside the depot that has always been known as "The Beanery." This original restaurant was back in operation after the reopening of the building until last year, when the operator retired. Since then, no one has put in a bid to the US Park Service to operate the business, much to the dismay of desert travelers. I keep telling my wife that if Sony lays me off in October as we are expecting, she's going to have a hard time talking me out of taking my severance pay and re-opening this business. :)
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At 5:00 pm, the Depot closed and it was time to say goodbye to this beautiful mecca in the desert:
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Before hitting the road, a few of us poked around some house ruins nearby. This one fireplace with a few artifacts lined up on it was pretty impressive:
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From Kelso, we headed north past camp and into the old town of Cima:
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The town of Cima served as a railroad stop and milling location for ore that was mined all over the Mojave Desert. Today, all that remains is a large property filled with relics of the past, and the Cima Store, a small market which only opens when the owner feels like it:
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There were some cool railroad cars parked on a siding nearby, so we headed over to take a look:
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The cars were full of equipment needed to repar track in the area. Everything from gravel ballast, wooden and concrete railroad ties, sections of rail, and even a massive scooping bucket to handle the gravel ballast with:
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As we walked back to the vehicles, I looked up and noticed a pair of California Golden Eagles buzzing around. They were very high up, but I managed to get a couple of photos. Get a look at the talons on those suckers!
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From Cima, we headed back to camp. Back at camp, the chefs were once again hard at work preparing the evening's feast:
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While others preferred to wander around looking for their own food:
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As always, the food was BOMB!
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The sunset following dinner was AMAZING! I did my best to capture how beautiful it really was, but this photo only does it a little bit of justice:
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Once the sun went all the way down, it got even more beautiful. I've never seen this many stars in my entire life:
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But as usual, the real shenanigans came around the camp fire :) Unforunately, I was too busy trying to get photos of the stars to get any good ones of the fire jenga, but it was the social highlight of the trip!
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Wow Joe...just wow.
Great photos and commentary...like others have said, feels like you are back "on the road" looking at these great shots.
Well done sir, and thank you. :)
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Thanks everyone. The photo journalist in me feels that it's a necessary evil to document our trip this way, and to tell the story with photos so it never gets forgotten. :)
Day 4 on the way...
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I told ya nobody has any proof of Fire Jenga,,,,,, nevveeerrrr happened.
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The final day of the trip began with the group breaking down camp before the sun got hot, and doing our own thing for breakfast:
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We got on the road and made our way down to "The Mailbox":
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We also took a few moments to check out and add to the Frog Shrine, and to check out the nearby (newly discovered) Bobblehead Shrine, and Creepy Gnome Shrine. As a diehard blue-bleeding Dodgers Fan, I was happy to see the Barry Bonds bobble head rotting in the desert sun. ;D
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It was time to get back on the road, but not before we took care of one last "issue" that was noticed on Steve C's trip through the area a few months earlier:
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Following a little "incident" with another group of individuals (that will not be elaborated upon), our fearless leader brought the group together and made the decision to skip the Lava Tubes:
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While stopped, we noticed some "ancient" petroglyphs of questionable authenticity. The giant 'robot' looking one on the top left is kind of a dead giveaway that these are pretty modern, as is the condition of them despite the fact that they were very exposed to the sun and other weather:
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From there, it was a quick little jaunt over to Soda Lake where we got to open up the trottles a little bit. I hauled @$$ ahead and used the opportunity to get some great shots of the group coming into Traveler's Monument:
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We lined up our rigs, checked out the Monument, and walked off a good distance to grab a really cool group shot:
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We had a great view of the old Zzyzx Mineral Springs from here, but you can't cross the dry lake bed to get there, as it's all wilderness area and vehicles are only allowed on the road:
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We got back on the road and made it off of the lake before we had our first (and really, our only) big issue of the trip - Christtian's "taco'd" skid plate:
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But, never fear! Our amazing trail leader Danny and Sir John of Fullerton made quick work of it, and we were back on the road in no time:
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Soon after, we arrived at our lunch destination - the Mojave River Railroad Bridge #4. The spot provided some great shade, which was very welcomed as the 98 degree outside temperatures were by far the hottest we'd experienced on the entire trip thus far:
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As we all enjoyed our lunches, we heard a faint rumble. I looked and saw a northbound Union Pacific train snaking through the canyon to the south of us, rapidly approaching the bridge. I grabbed my camera and sprinted through the sand, giving me the perfect position to take these great group photos:
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With the train passed through, we were given an opportinity to do a little exploring of the bridge and surrounding area. The bridge is an impressive structure, built in 1938 according to the concrete that held it up:
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After lunch, we got ready to go explore an old open-pit mine that GeoTaco believed was nearby, but not before leaving our "impression" on the bridge:
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The mine turned out to be very close by, but did require a 4 wheel drive battle through some very soft sand. We arrived as a group a few minutes later, and took a look around:
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The site was very elaborate, with hand-made rock walls lining a small man-made canyon that once housed railroad tracks that ran deep into the mine operation area (notice the wooden railroad ties still in the ground), as well as several wooden gate stations where the workers would fill the railroad cars with ore:
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While most people went deep into the mining area, I took the opportunity to climb to the top of a massive hill that was surrounded with mine tailings. At the top, I found some really cool remnants of what was once a very elaborate mining operation. I even found the end of a narrow pair of ore cart tracks sticking out of a collapsed pile of tailings. I can only imagine what kind of amazing things must be buried around here! Who knows, there might even be ore carts and other awesome artifacts under all of those tailings:
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I thoroughly enjoyed the brief time we spent exploring this area, and would love to go back one day and check it out further. Aside from the really hot afternoon temperatures (nearly 100 degrees), and me tripping backwards over a massive rock while trying to get a photo (and acquiring a huge bruise on my @$$ and leg in the process), it was a really amazing experience.
From the mine, we moved south in the Mojave River, stopping to check out the buried box car. While we were all impressed that it was buried all the way to its roof and wondered how it got there, someone brought up the million dollar question of "I wonder if anything is inside it?"
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From there, we continued down the riverbed through the very scenic Afton Canyon. I didn't take many photos in this area because I was trying not to get stuck in the sand, but it was a really beautiful stretch of the drive:
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Within no time, we reached the first of two river crossings. According to those in the group that had done the trip before, this was the deepest they've ever seen the water, which is a real head-scratcher considering the low amount of rainfall we got this past year. Let's just say it was far deeper than the "hub-level" water I had been warned about. :)
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We then came upon the second crossing, which turned out to be significantly deeper than the first. There were several dirt bike riders around who didn't dare try to cross, and most of them watched in awe as we practically boated our way to the other side. Most of us took a conservative approach, holding a steady throttle and maintaining a slow but consistent speed. Others chose to take the the "Moses" approach, parting the sea as they entered:
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SteveC ended up with a rare conditon known as "river plate," while Motorpig77 ended up cleaning off his truck better than the carwash would have. Sir John of Fullerton also ended up dislodging his front bumper, which he said was already barely held on. A few zip ties fixed it in a hurry (sorry, don't have any photos of this).
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From here, we finished the route through the Afton Campground area and made our way back out to I-15. We aired up the tires and parted ways, with some of the group heading home and others moving on to explore the old community around Zzyzx.
I will conclude by saying that even though this was my first Mojave Road trip, it can be described as nothing short of EPIC!
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Great write up and photos, Joe!
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Thanks a lot for all that work you put into the pics and the descriptions! It really was a great trip and I had a blast with everyone!
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Fantastic photos and write up Joe!
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Joe, something I saw that was interesting was the dual gauge tracks on those pics when we ate lunch below the bridge. I'm sure it was for the ore cars from the mines. I would be curious to find out where the rail hub was for them.
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i really hate that i had to miss this amazing looking trip, great commentary and even better pictures.
that is actually not dual gauge, its something they do on bridges to minimize the change of derailment.
you can see them come together where Daphne is in this pic.
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i really hate that i had to miss this amazing looking trip, great commentary and even better pictures.
that is actually not dual gauge, its something they do on bridges to minimize the change of derailment.
you can see them come together where Daphne is in this pic.
(http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee234/jfanaselle/Mojave%20Road%2004-15/Day%2004%20-%2029.jpg)
No kiddin? Well I guess I learn something new each day. I guess it somehow adds to the structural integrity of the bridge or the tracks themselves.
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Really nice photos and write up Joe. It's nice to have a professional photojournalist around.
I had to laugh at the "river plate" . . . I've only seen it once before, on my own Xterra at the same spot in 2007. By the way, I thought we were in a drought? That's way more water than we had in 2007.
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No kiddin? Well I guess I learn something new each day. I guess it somehow adds to the structural integrity of the bridge or the tracks themselves.
Did a little research on this as it piqued my curiosity...they are actually referred to as "guardrails" to protect the bridge and it's structure from damage should a train car derail while crossing. I love rail fan stuff, so thanks for asking the question guys!
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Has anyone heard of our Jeep add-ons since the trip for further additions?
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I think a few members of the group hooked up with them on facebook and checked out his instagram page to see the night photography he took on the trip. He had a really amazing time-laps shot that he got a the second camp.
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Has anyone heard of our Jeep add-ons since the trip for further additions?
Check it out...
http://i.instagram.com/garrettarango/
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Great photography, would be nice to see those guys again on another run they seemed like some really decent folks.