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TR Posts: 67
11/14/2011
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Saturday, I woke up to the sound of it pouring down rain. So I decided not to go out to the desert as planned. But by 9:00 it had cleared somewhat, so I decided to take my chances. Armed with my another map with the coordinates provide by DHeuschele, my GPS programmed with the same coordinates, and binoculars on a good recommendation by Daren, I start off to the desert. Well, it started raining again before I got to La Meas. But I stuck it out. My wife, sister-in-law and mother-in-law were all at home, so I figured anywhere, even in the rain, was better than being at home.
Well, by Jacumba, it was clear and dry. It hadn't even rained there. So, after a brief stop a Subway for my hiking sandwhich, I dropped down into the desert. As I got off of S2 at Mortero Wash, I was right under the line of clear sky and dark clouds. I drove back Mortero Wash to Dos Cabezas and parked at the trestle after the guard rail. As I got out of the Land Cruiser to put on my hikng boots, the first drops of rain started to fall.
Well, I weighed the risk of getting stranded out there by a flash flood, against the thought of being so close, and decided what the hell, as long as it was only sprinkling, I was going to hike. So, I put an my rain shell, and took my map, GPS and binoculars and headed out. I knew from the coordinates that the real Indian Hill was southeast of the Indian Hill marked on the map. So I followed my map and GPS to that location. Unforetunately, it led me to the southern or backside of Indian Hill.
But I found some nice, although filled with rain water, morteros.
And I found a nice cave. Which wasn't the one.
And on the way back, I found some fresh scat.
And a nice example of an agave.
By the time I got back to the Land Cruiser it was 4:30. It was 5pm by the time I made it to the highway. Glad I brought the headlamp. It came in handy airing up the tires.
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