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Southern California Club Xterra => SCCX Xcursion Pictures => Topic started by: FrankB on March 06, 2011, 10:04:05 PM

Title: Anza Borrego - Borrego Mountain Wash & Buttes Pass Area - Mar 6, 2011
Post by: FrankB on March 06, 2011, 10:04:05 PM
Here are a few of shots from today.

(http://frankbaiamonte.smugmug.com/So-Cal-Club-Xterra-SCCX/Buttes-Pass-Borrego-Mtn-030611/FB017066/1208354386_EeJY3-L.jpg)

(http://frankbaiamonte.smugmug.com/So-Cal-Club-Xterra-SCCX/Buttes-Pass-Borrego-Mtn-030611/FB017084/1208356949_YtWpu-L.jpg)

(http://frankbaiamonte.smugmug.com/So-Cal-Club-Xterra-SCCX/Buttes-Pass-Borrego-Mtn-030611/FB017088/1208358889_jEFFX-L.jpg)

Yes, if you hike The Slot you do walk under that fractured leaning spire of sandstone. You try not to think about earthquakes.

(http://frankbaiamonte.smugmug.com/So-Cal-Club-Xterra-SCCX/Buttes-Pass-Borrego-Mtn-030611/FB017091/1208359882_CSqdb-L.jpg)

(http://frankbaiamonte.smugmug.com/So-Cal-Club-Xterra-SCCX/Buttes-Pass-Borrego-Mtn-030611/FB017099/1208360901_reDKE-L.jpg)

(http://frankbaiamonte.smugmug.com/So-Cal-Club-Xterra-SCCX/Buttes-Pass-Borrego-Mtn-030611/FB017095/1208360489_Qcxbg-L.jpg)















Title: Re: Anza Borrego - Borrego Mountain Wash & Buttes Pass Area - Mar 6, 2011
Post by: onewaysoldier on March 07, 2011, 01:04:53 PM
Very cool photos and looks like it was a good trip.
Title: Re: Anza Borrego - Borrego Mountain Wash & Buttes Pass Area - Mar 6, 2011
Post by: SoCalx on March 07, 2011, 01:56:09 PM
Good photos Frank.  I got a few shots posted here too:
https://picasaweb.google.com/mike.laptewicz/SCCXAnzaBorregoHawkCanyonButtesPassMarch6th?feat=directlink (https://picasaweb.google.com/mike.laptewicz/SCCXAnzaBorregoHawkCanyonButtesPassMarch6th?feat=directlink)

-Mike
Title: Re: Anza Borrego - Borrego Mountain Wash & Buttes Pass Area - Mar 6, 2011
Post by: RockinX on March 07, 2011, 02:57:09 PM
Amazing pictures Frank!  Makes me feel like I was there.  In fact, I took to whispering when I saw the fractured leaning spire of sandstone.  Didn't want an echo to dislodge it.  [Yeah, I crack myself up.  LOL!] 

Mike - I love this picture and the pano.  And excellent job on the video. 

(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/_pas8MN9RvRg/TXRfKTIQ8WI/AAAAAAAAE4k/O3kEOTAn8Z4/s512/IMG_2587.JPG)

(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/_pas8MN9RvRg/TXRf-v2mjKI/AAAAAAAAE4k/5YpTPyPFqZ8/s640/IMG_2605.JPG)

I wasn't sure how to embed the video. 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=picasacid
Title: Re: Anza Borrego - Borrego Mountain Wash & Buttes Pass Area - Mar 6, 2011
Post by: Bobby B. on March 07, 2011, 04:15:34 PM
Schweet!
Title: Re: Anza Borrego - Borrego Mountain Wash & Buttes Pass Area - Mar 6, 2011
Post by: InsideOut104 on March 08, 2011, 07:52:04 AM
Amazing pictures Frank!  Makes me feel like I was there.  In fact, I took to whispering when I saw the fractured leaning spire of sandstone.  Didn't want an echo to dislodge it.  [Yeah, I crack myself up.  LOL!] 

Mike - I love this picture and the pano.  And excellent job on the video. 

(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/_pas8MN9RvRg/TXRfKTIQ8WI/AAAAAAAAE4k/O3kEOTAn8Z4/s512/IMG_2587.JPG)

(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/_pas8MN9RvRg/TXRf-v2mjKI/AAAAAAAAE4k/5YpTPyPFqZ8/s640/IMG_2605.JPG)

I wasn't sure how to embed the video. 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=picasacid

video doesn't work :(

Title: Re: Anza Borrego - Borrego Mountain Wash & Buttes Pass Area - Mar 6, 2011
Post by: FrankB on March 08, 2011, 10:13:51 AM
Chad, I think if you just follow the link that Mike posted, the video is the last of the images in the series. That's how I found it.

If you have any picutes you want to share please post them here.
Title: Re: Anza Borrego - Borrego Mountain Wash & Buttes Pass Area - Mar 6, 2011
Post by: InsideOut104 on March 08, 2011, 10:43:30 AM
Oh. Got it!

Hey Mike! I thought you said you got a video of me doing the rock portion coming out of the slot?? Or maybe it was going in??
Title: Re: Anza Borrego - Borrego Mountain Wash & Buttes Pass Area - Mar 6, 2011
Post by: FrankB on March 08, 2011, 11:30:01 AM
If anyone did get some pics or video from that section of the trail it would be nice to see them. Here's a shot from January of 2010.

(http://frankbaiamonte.smugmug.com/So-Cal-Explorations-Day/Buttes-Pass-Slot/IMGP0812/755978466_xYj7M-L.jpg)

There are more images from that day here:

http://frankbaiamonte.smugmug.com/So-Cal-Explorations-Day/Buttes-Pass-Slot/ (http://frankbaiamonte.smugmug.com/So-Cal-Explorations-Day/Buttes-Pass-Slot/)
Title: Re: Anza Borrego - Borrego Mountain Wash & Buttes Pass Area - Mar 6, 2011
Post by: SoCalx on March 08, 2011, 12:31:24 PM
Hey Chad is only video small enough to post here:
https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/AGCZ2GqUutmkLm_LDZdthA?feat=directlink

let me know if you can see it.  I have 2 much better ones that are longer and picasa wouldn't upload.
I am also working on a full montage video with some stills and video of the slot that I will post somehow!

Title: Re: Anza Borrego - Borrego Mountain Wash & Buttes Pass Area - Mar 6, 2011
Post by: RockinX on March 08, 2011, 02:20:06 PM
Aperion (Chris) posted this but I couldn
Title: Re: Anza Borrego - Borrego Mountain Wash & Buttes Pass Area - Mar 6, 2011
Post by: InsideOut104 on March 08, 2011, 04:10:32 PM
Hey Chad is only video small enough to post here:
https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/AGCZ2GqUutmkLm_LDZdthA?feat=directlink

let me know if you can see it.  I have 2 much better ones that are longer and picasa wouldn't upload.
I am also working on a full montage video with some stills and video of the slot that I will post somehow!



Try emailing it to me.... I'll PM you my email
Title: Re: Anza Borrego - Borrego Mountain Wash & Buttes Pass Area - Mar 6, 2011
Post by: AV Xterra on March 09, 2011, 09:12:13 PM
Hey, Paul's truck has a backpack!
Title: Re: Anza Borrego - Borrego Mountain Wash & Buttes Pass Area - Mar 6, 2011
Post by: FrankB on March 09, 2011, 09:18:25 PM
Hey, Paul's truck has a backpack!

That's his new Trasharoo.
Title: Re: Anza Borrego - Borrego Mountain Wash & Buttes Pass Area - Mar 6, 2011
Post by: AV Xterra on March 09, 2011, 09:28:57 PM
That's his new Trasharoo.
Checked out the website.  Pretty neat. And a good price too.
Title: Re: Anza Borrego - Borrego Mountain Wash & Buttes Pass Area - Mar 6, 2011
Post by: Paul on March 11, 2011, 06:42:18 PM
Checked out the website.  Pretty neat. And a good price too.

I use it to hold firewood and charcoal on the way in and trash on the way out. Works nice!
Title: Re: Anza Borrego - Borrego Mountain Wash & Buttes Pass Area - Mar 6, 2011
Post by: Paul on March 11, 2011, 06:45:06 PM
We started out on Saturday doing "The Grapevine" wish was a nice easy two hour trip down an easy road.

(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y215/paul1960/Xterra/3-11%20Anza%20Borrego%20The%20Slot/Anza04.jpg)

Beware of the cactus!

(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y215/paul1960/Xterra/3-11%20Anza%20Borrego%20The%20Slot/Anza08.jpg)

And the rabbits.

(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y215/paul1960/Xterra/3-11%20Anza%20Borrego%20The%20Slot/Anza07.jpg)

Dinner Saturday night.

(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y215/paul1960/Xterra/3-11%20Anza%20Borrego%20The%20Slot/Anza09.jpg)
Title: Re: Anza Borrego - Borrego Mountain Wash & Buttes Pass Area - Mar 6, 2011
Post by: Paul on March 11, 2011, 06:51:21 PM
Sunday morning we took the "Mine Wash Trail" and stopped by the Kumeyaay village. Native desert Indians were attracted to the caves in the area. They hunted those jackrabbits and the bighorn sheep in the area until the late 1800's. On the flat rocks in the area the native women spent hours grinding seeds leaving these signs.

(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y215/paul1960/Xterra/3-11%20Anza%20Borrego%20The%20Slot/Anza11.jpg)

The Mine Wash trail was another really easy one and dead ends.

(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y215/paul1960/Xterra/3-11%20Anza%20Borrego%20The%20Slot/Anza10.jpg)

We met up with the group and enjoyed the trip. Some HDR action ...

(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y215/paul1960/Xterra/3-11%20Anza%20Borrego%20The%20Slot/Anza01.jpg)

(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y215/paul1960/Xterra/3-11%20Anza%20Borrego%20The%20Slot/Anza02.jpg)

Nice flowers in Hawk Canyon

(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y215/paul1960/Xterra/3-11%20Anza%20Borrego%20The%20Slot/Anza05.jpg)

And a big lizzard.

(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y215/paul1960/Xterra/3-11%20Anza%20Borrego%20The%20Slot/Anza06.jpg)

The Ocitilo were in bloom

(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y215/paul1960/Xterra/3-11%20Anza%20Borrego%20The%20Slot/Anza03.jpg)

Tight action in The Slot

(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y215/paul1960/Xterra/3-11%20Anza%20Borrego%20The%20Slot/Anza13.jpg)

(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y215/paul1960/Xterra/3-11%20Anza%20Borrego%20The%20Slot/Anza12.jpg)

Title: Re: Anza Borrego - Borrego Mountain Wash & Buttes Pass Area - Mar 6, 2011
Post by: Paul on March 11, 2011, 06:52:43 PM
And two big panoramic photos. Not a trace of people around in the valley. Right click and you'll zoom out. Save it to your local drive and you can pan around in it. These have been shrunk by a factor of 4x!

(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y215/paul1960/Xterra/3-11%20Anza%20Borrego%20The%20Slot/Panorama1smaller.jpg)

Title: Re: Anza Borrego - Borrego Mountain Wash & Buttes Pass Area - Mar 6, 2011
Post by: Paul on March 11, 2011, 06:54:39 PM
(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y215/paul1960/Xterra/3-11%20Anza%20Borrego%20The%20Slot/Panorama2smaller.jpg)
Title: Re: Anza Borrego - Borrego Mountain Wash & Buttes Pass Area - Mar 6, 2011
Post by: Alex on March 11, 2011, 08:01:22 PM
It looks like it was a great trip out there!
Title: Re: Anza Borrego - Borrego Mountain Wash & Buttes Pass Area - Mar 6, 2011
Post by: FrankB on March 11, 2011, 09:42:28 PM
Nice shots Paul. Those panoramas from the Goat Trail are great.

By the way, that dinner looked a lot like the rabbit in the earlier picture.
Title: Re: Anza Borrego - Borrego Mountain Wash & Buttes Pass Area - Mar 6, 2011
Post by: Paul on March 12, 2011, 08:59:18 PM
Nice shots Paul. Those panoramas from the Goat Trail are great.

By the way, that dinner looked a lot like the rabbit in the earlier picture.

No Desert Tortoise!

(pork ribs)
Title: Re: Anza Borrego - Borrego Mountain Wash & Buttes Pass Area - Mar 6, 2011
Post by: SoCalx on March 13, 2011, 10:18:18 PM
Wow some great shots Paul!  It's funny I redid that Goat Trail, Blow Sand Canyon and Buttes Pass pictured above again yesterday.   Today I met up with FrankB and Justin for a ride up Fish Creek/Sandstone Canyon.  More desert bloom this weekend.  Can't wait to get out again soon.