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My wife LeAnne and I were joined by Skittles (Mary) and Headhunter (Christian) for a relaxing run through the Rodman Mtn's and surrounding area.
As is normally the case we met at the Velaro Station in Downtown Lucerne Valley.
We headed out Camp Rock Rd, aired down at the end of the pavement and made our first stop at Grandview mine.
Here's the guzzler on the way -
I tried to take a photo of some stalagtites forming on the ceiling in the mine:
From Grandview we headed to the Camp Rock mine and checked out the windmill, water tanks, and the other remnents of old structures in the area:
It's amazing how many old train cars there are scattered around the desert. Here's a Santa Fe box car at Camp Rock Mine:
Here's a "modern" ore hopper. I say modern because it's mostly metal. LeAnne shoveled a bucket of dirt from under it to take home. She's going to "pan" it looking for color:
Next stop is the little rock cabin I'm so fond of. May it never be vandalized:
Here's my first attempt at using the video on my camera:
Next stop was Kane Springs. We stopped at the arrastra and then checked out the spring.
Close up of the water flowinf into the trough:
Overview of the Spring:
From Kane Spring we headed down the gas line road towards Camp Rock Rd. There's some very steep hills to go up and down. This photo doesn't really depict how steep it is. That's Mary followed by Christian:
Here's a few of the "locals" checking us out as we drove by. There's quite a history of cattle ranching in the Mojave Desert. It's all but gone now:
We got back to the pavement on Camp Rock Rd. aired back up, and said our Good byes:
All in all it was a great day. We ran at a very relaxed pace and had a great time.
We discovered a unique area that I have never explored and we plan on going back and checking it out in the near future.
Thanks LeAnne, Mary & Christian for a super day.
As is normally the case we met at the Velaro Station in Downtown Lucerne Valley.
We headed out Camp Rock Rd, aired down at the end of the pavement and made our first stop at Grandview mine.
Here's the guzzler on the way -
I tried to take a photo of some stalagtites forming on the ceiling in the mine:
From Grandview we headed to the Camp Rock mine and checked out the windmill, water tanks, and the other remnents of old structures in the area:
It's amazing how many old train cars there are scattered around the desert. Here's a Santa Fe box car at Camp Rock Mine:
Here's a "modern" ore hopper. I say modern because it's mostly metal. LeAnne shoveled a bucket of dirt from under it to take home. She's going to "pan" it looking for color:
Next stop is the little rock cabin I'm so fond of. May it never be vandalized:
Here's my first attempt at using the video on my camera:
Next stop was Kane Springs. We stopped at the arrastra and then checked out the spring.
Close up of the water flowinf into the trough:
Overview of the Spring:
From Kane Spring we headed down the gas line road towards Camp Rock Rd. There's some very steep hills to go up and down. This photo doesn't really depict how steep it is. That's Mary followed by Christian:
Here's a few of the "locals" checking us out as we drove by. There's quite a history of cattle ranching in the Mojave Desert. It's all but gone now:
We got back to the pavement on Camp Rock Rd. aired back up, and said our Good byes:
All in all it was a great day. We ran at a very relaxed pace and had a great time.
We discovered a unique area that I have never explored and we plan on going back and checking it out in the near future.
Thanks LeAnne, Mary & Christian for a super day.
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