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tommy750 Posts: 1049
12/14/2014
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Decided to head out today and explore a bit of the south Carrizo Badlands. Drove into Canyon Sin Nombre and passed the graffiti point with some new additions since the last time I was through. Parked about a mile upstream from Carrizo Creek and headed east on foot
 Graffiti Point by tomteske, on Flickr
Looking toward Carrizo Mt.
 Carrizo Badlands by tomteske, on Flickr
Nice solitary chunk of petrified wood.
 Petrified Wood by tomteske, on Flickr
On a secluded dune in the middle of nowhere. Why Lady Campers, Why?
 Jafra and Ricky by tomteske, on Flickr
Made it to BM Leckie.
 BM Leckie by tomteske, on Flickr
 BM Leckie View by tomteske, on Flickr
 Badlands From Leckie by tomteske, on Flickr
A little further up, a view of Carrizo Creek with the remarkable changes from tamarisk abatement.
 Carrizo Burn by tomteske, on Flickr
Decided to go north side of the creek and passed through areas of previous dense growth with zero problem. Spied a very large mortero and a curious vertical groove I've never seen at a rock feature before. A few more slicks and morteros were nearby.
 Pit and Groove by tomteske, on Flickr
 Carrizo Mortero by tomteske, on Flickr
Few remnants of old fencing.
 Carrizo Contrails by tomteske, on Flickr
Encountered a couple photo reference points.
 Photo Point by tomteske, on Flickr
 Photo Point2 by tomteske, on Flickr
Looking toward South Mesa and Gert Wash.
 Toward South Mesa by tomteske, on Flickr
My goal was to try and find some possible sleeping circles I thought I saw on GE but they were sandy depressions and a couple "sleeping squares." Nice place to pitch a tent.
 Sleeping Square by tomteske, on Flickr
Was getting late but decided I'd dash toward the Stage Station and then head home. It's just behind the ridge in the center of the pic.
 Toward Carrizo Stage Station by tomteske, on Flickr
 Carrizo Stage Station by tomteske, on Flickr
A few yards to the west is the collapsed rock house with assorted piles of junk and the famous Carrizo tractor.
 Carrizo Tractor by tomteske, on Flickr
 Wallis Sunset by tomteske, on Flickr
 Sunset Refrigerators by tomteske, on Flickr
Popped on the headlamp and headed home. Two mylars, 10.5 miles and another relaxing day in the desert. Enjoy. Tom
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dsefcik Administrator Posts: 2622
12/15/2014
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Absolutely love it Tom, I really like the B/W photos, I need to learn how you make those. I have not been out to Carrizo Marsh yet, would like to go someday. Too bad we missed eachother this weekend, you would have enjoyed going with us.
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ziphius Posts: 911
12/15/2014
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Way to go on sleuthing out the sleeping square from GE.  That groove / mortero combo is a new one to my eyes. Always something new to find out there. Love the photos, particularly your B&Ws. Funny that you found nail polish containers out there....there is a lot of internet chatter about sniffing polish (and remover) to get high. Maybe they weren't doing their nails after all.... and if you want to get high, word on the street is that Bacardi or Grey Goose is the way to go. 
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tommy750 Posts: 1049
12/15/2014
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Jim (ziphius) wrote:
Way to go on sleuthing out the sleeping square from GE. That groove / mortero combo is a new one to my eyes. Always something new to find out there. Love the photos, particularly your B&Ws. Funny that you found nail polish containers out there....there is a lot of internet chatter about sniffing polish (and remover) to get high. Maybe they weren't doing their nails after all.... and if you want to get high, word on the street is that Bacardi or Grey Goose is the way to go.
Sniffing nail polish was not even on my radar but I think you nailed it, Jim! That probably explains why my in-house mani-pedi consultant AKA girlfriend wasn't too impressed with the brands (think her expert reply was something like, "do they still make that crap?").
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tommy750 Posts: 1049
12/15/2014
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dsefcik wrote:
Absolutely love it Tom, I really like the B/W photos, I need to learn how you make those. I have not been out to Carrizo Marsh yet, would like to go someday. Too bad we missed each other this weekend, you would have enjoyed going with us.
Assuming you're going to post on your trip? Also assuming you got time lapse shots of the meteor shower? Yeah, wish I would have found out about my change in plans earlier so I could have joined you.
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dsefcik Administrator Posts: 2622
12/15/2014
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tommy750 wrote:
dsefcik wrote:
Absolutely love it Tom, I really like the B/W photos, I need to learn how you make those. I have not been out to Carrizo Marsh yet, would like to go someday. Too bad we missed each other this weekend, you would have enjoyed going with us.
Assuming you're going to post on your trip? Also assuming you got time lapse shots of the meteor shower? Yeah, wish I would have found out about my change in plans earlier so I could have joined you. Yeah, I will post something up when I get a chance...personally I was snoozing all night but ziphius was with us and he time lapsed something, hey Jim, post up a TR with your time lapse and photos!
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ziphius Posts: 911
12/15/2014
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tommy750 wrote:
Jim (ziphius) wrote:
Way to go on sleuthing out the sleeping square from GE. That groove / mortero combo is a new one to my eyes. Always something new to find out there. Love the photos, particularly your B&Ws. Funny that you found nail polish containers out there....there is a lot of internet chatter about sniffing polish (and remover) to get high. Maybe they weren't doing their nails after all.... and if you want to get high, word on the street is that Bacardi or Grey Goose is the way to go.
Sniffing nail polish was not even on my radar but I think you nailed it, Jim! That probably explains why my in-house mani-pedi consultant AKA girlfriend wasn't too impressed with the brands (think her expert reply was something like, "do they still make that crap?").
Nail polish in remote desert dunes and immediately my mind turns to nefarious reasons. Sounds like the cheap stuff gets the job done.
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ziphius Posts: 911
12/15/2014
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dsefcik wrote:
tommy750 wrote:
dsefcik wrote:
Absolutely love it Tom, I really like the B/W photos, I need to learn how you make those. I have not been out to Carrizo Marsh yet, would like to go someday. Too bad we missed each other this weekend, you would have enjoyed going with us.
Assuming you're going to post on your trip? Also assuming you got time lapse shots of the meteor shower? Yeah, wish I would have found out about my change in plans earlier so I could have joined you. Yeah, I will post something up when I get a chance...personally I was snoozing all night but ziphius was with us and he time lapsed something, hey Jim, post up a TR with your time lapse and photos!
I managed to forget to do night photography (or my hands were cold), but I watched 2-3 meteors per minute between 2 and 3 am.
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dsefcik Administrator Posts: 2622
12/15/2014
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I brought all the camera crap to record them, fast wide lens, tripod, cable release, etc...but the cheap bottle of booze I brought knocked me out until the early morning sun came poking it's head of the mountain ranges...
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tommy750 Posts: 1049
12/15/2014
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dsefcik wrote:
I brought all the camera crap to record them, fast wide lens, tripod, cable release, etc...but the cheap bottle of booze I brought knocked me out until the early morning sun came poking it's head of the mountain ranges...
That seems so unlike you, Daren! 
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AdventureGraham Posts: 170
12/16/2014
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Great shots of that area! I've been jeepin' all around that place. I'm always tempted to follow the trail through the forbidden Carrizo Impact area.
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DesertWRX Posts: 135
12/28/2014
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Your photos really captured the feel of the area. Good job.
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dsefcik Administrator Posts: 2622
1/3/2015
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Re-read this post, great photos Tom..!!!
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Britain Posts: 604
1/10/2018
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I found the story of that tractor. From Roundranchingfeatures. It was in Part III.
At Carrizo in the 1950’s, Buster McCain cleared some land and planted alfalfa. (1956 Ranger Reports) The tractor he used to accomplish this remains in the area, on the other side of “Clay Hill”, at the old Graves camp.
To irrigate his field, Buster created a berm around the bottom of the east side of clay Hill. The plan was for rain run-off to be channeled to a small earthen dammed reservoir he had constructed at the southern end of the hill.
Consequently, this activity is what destroyed a large portion of what remained of the Carrizo Stage Station.
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tommy750 Posts: 1049
1/11/2018
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Thanks for the info, Britain. Tom
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Britain Posts: 604
1/24/2018
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Looks like we took the same route, some of your pictures look like mine. Couple questions. Have you ever came across a rock-cement monument about 4 ft high with a plaque Carrizo Stage station on it? There was one in the area in 2000. If I remember correctly its not near the real station. Also theres another structure I spotted. Would this be McCains place? Have you seen it? It is located about 1000ft west and slightly south of the real station. EDIT: shack does not appear on earlier GE images.
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tommy750 Posts: 1049
1/25/2018
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Britain wrote:
Looks like we took the same route, some of your pictures look like mine. Couple questions. Have you ever came across a rock-cement monument about 4 ft high with a plaque Carrizo Stage station on it? There was one in the area in 2000. If I remember correctly its not near the real station. Also there's another structure I spotted. Would this be McCains place? Have you seen it? It is located about 1000ft west and slightly south of the real station. EDIT: shack does not appear on earlier GE images.
Haven't seen the monument and not sure where it might be. The old Graves cabin's roof collapsed some time ago and a new roof was placed over it in the last year or so presumably to protect this historical site. You can see a fair amount of junk was also removed at the same time if you blink between the last couple GE images. Tom
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Britain Posts: 604
1/25/2018
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Thanks more history to review.
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tekewin Posts: 371
2/9/2018
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Those photos, wow! Love the badlands.
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