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Borrego Palm Canyon Backpack

dsefcik Administrator Posts: 2634 12/7/2014	dsefcik Administrator Posts: 2634 Took a quick overnight backpack trip with Craig up Borrego Palm Canyon. Lots of day hikers to the first grove but we did not see anybody the whole trip after that. We tried to hike up the north fork but it was too choked with brush so we retreated back to the 4th grove and camped out for the night. We did see some type of hawk and misc birds but that was about it for wildlife, no bighorn. The first grove did not have any water but there was plenty from the 2'nd grove and up. Craig brought his filter and it was a nice change to only carry a couple liters of water and just pump some more when we needed it. Looking east down at the 1'st grove and Craig The north fork is pretty choked with vegetation The canyon is pretty big, here is Craig near some of the many palms in the canyon Looking down at the 4th grove, this is where we camped and I can't think of too many places in the desert where I have camped where I got to sleep to the sound of palm tree fronds blowing in the wind and running water, it was very nice. There was quite a bit of running water all the way up the canyon Plenty of these guys came out at night...right where I was sleeping... Some nice green reeds....not sure what the official name is... Total Mylar Balloons this trip - 1 (rescued form the water) -- http://www.sefcik.com http://www.darensefcik.com http://www.carrizogorge.com
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ziphius Posts: 911 12/8/2014	ziphius Posts: 911 Yes, it is NICE to have water available! You could stay there for a couple of weeks with enough dehydrated meals and fuel! That looks like a wolf spider. Their eyes shine blueish / white under headlamps at a distance. One of my favorite things to do at night is go 'spider-hunting' by headlamp. Nice trip. -- http://www.coyotelearning.org
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