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I went out today with Roger for a local putt putt. We checked out 4 mines, a cool arrastre, and drove part of the old wagon trail that lead from Blackhawk to Victorville and never got more than 3 miles from Rogers house. 80 degrees and an awesome cloudless blue sky. I had not found the El Sueno arrastre before but Roger had so he led the way around pistashio trees and sandy washes to the spot. We got in a nice mile hike and checked out 2 old mines in the area and the arrastre.
As we left that spot I noticed a few Turkey Vultures circling overhead. Then Roger noticed 30 more, then as we watched hundreds more flew overhead. At one point we must have saw 1000 birds flying. This went on for 10 minutes. Really amazing!
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Next we drove around for a bit and hiked to another spot that had mine tunnels on both sides of a neat sandy wash. One went in a ways and then split at a "Y".
On the way back to Rogers jouse we followed the old wagon trail that actually crosses thru his property.
A nice easy explore that only took a couple of hours.
Thanks Roger for a nice day.
Mitch
As we left that spot I noticed a few Turkey Vultures circling overhead. Then Roger noticed 30 more, then as we watched hundreds more flew overhead. At one point we must have saw 1000 birds flying. This went on for 10 minutes. Really amazing!
Video
Next we drove around for a bit and hiked to another spot that had mine tunnels on both sides of a neat sandy wash. One went in a ways and then split at a "Y".
On the way back to Rogers jouse we followed the old wagon trail that actually crosses thru his property.
A nice easy explore that only took a couple of hours.
Thanks Roger for a nice day.
Mitch
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