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Well today, Scott and Lesa (avjeepfreek), Reed and his son Levi (Reedster), and Dennison and I (great88) went out for some more exploring in the Ord Mountain area north and north east of Lucerne Valley.
The day started with a quick air down at the end of the pavement on Camp Rock Road. We first played in the muddy tippy wash next to Anderson Dry Lake. A fun place to stretch the springs. If you follow FB you can see what Scott found out there. Can't post it here
We then headed north in search of a couple mines that I noticed on my topo and had briefly visited a few years ago. I followed my memory thru twisting and rocky washes till we finally found our first spot. A couple of very tight rocky spot kept it very interesting on the drive.
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Next we headed around the hills to an old small arrastre and a fenced deep shaft. Very quiet and peaceful. We saw a very cool 4 inch long millipede playing on the rocks there.
After a nice break we took Reed to see Camp Skee for a bit. Still in good shape and a fun place.
We headed back to Camp Rock Road heading west and angled to OM6440. We stopped at and old Copper Mine and the ajoining leaching tanks. While checking out the area Scott noticed a nice size tarantula. Very interesting to watch and photo.
After leaving that spot we saw dozens of Chuckar running across the road in front of us. Made me hungry for sure.
Mr Steer trying to hide behind a Creosote bush. Failed!
From there we continued west on OM6440 and after crossing Hwy 247 we checked out the improvements at Sawtooth Campground.
And after reading a post that YJ's don't flex I wanted to prove it wrong. We took turns playing on the rocks and winding down after the awesome day, just having some fun.
Thanks everyone for the fun day. It was about 80' and great all day. Scott& Lesa the tacos were great!
The day started with a quick air down at the end of the pavement on Camp Rock Road. We first played in the muddy tippy wash next to Anderson Dry Lake. A fun place to stretch the springs. If you follow FB you can see what Scott found out there. Can't post it here
We then headed north in search of a couple mines that I noticed on my topo and had briefly visited a few years ago. I followed my memory thru twisting and rocky washes till we finally found our first spot. A couple of very tight rocky spot kept it very interesting on the drive.
Video
Next we headed around the hills to an old small arrastre and a fenced deep shaft. Very quiet and peaceful. We saw a very cool 4 inch long millipede playing on the rocks there.
After a nice break we took Reed to see Camp Skee for a bit. Still in good shape and a fun place.
We headed back to Camp Rock Road heading west and angled to OM6440. We stopped at and old Copper Mine and the ajoining leaching tanks. While checking out the area Scott noticed a nice size tarantula. Very interesting to watch and photo.
After leaving that spot we saw dozens of Chuckar running across the road in front of us. Made me hungry for sure.
Mr Steer trying to hide behind a Creosote bush. Failed!
From there we continued west on OM6440 and after crossing Hwy 247 we checked out the improvements at Sawtooth Campground.
And after reading a post that YJ's don't flex I wanted to prove it wrong. We took turns playing on the rocks and winding down after the awesome day, just having some fun.
Thanks everyone for the fun day. It was about 80' and great all day. Scott& Lesa the tacos were great!
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