sddarkman619

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10/16/2016 Topic: In Ko Pah Explorations and Monitoring sddarkman619	I was told it's related to female fertility. !?!?!?!
10/20/2016 Topic: Storm Canyon / Vallecito sddarkman619	I've been looking at Storm Canyon and noticed a "residence"? out there? The storm canyon jeep trail goes by there and I was wondering if that is closed of to vehicular traffic? It looks like it's a wilderness study area? So I'm wondering what that "residence" is? In the post: http://www.anzaborrego.net/anzaborrego/Forum/topic793-another-shot-at-storm-canyon.aspx#post5270 Impatient Hiker says he went down to the floor and was along storm creek and I wanted to go check that out. Anyone? Bueller?
10/20/2016 Topic: Storm Canyon / Vallecito sddarkman619	ahh cool feature,I've yet to explore all of the stuff on Caltopo, but one of my favorite map sites. Damn, I wanted to go check out that water source. Do you know if it's a spring?
10/20/2016 Topic: Storm Canyon / Vallecito sddarkman619	and thanks for that!
10/20/2016 Topic: Storm Canyon / Vallecito sddarkman619	where is the day use parking?
10/21/2016 Topic: Inner Pasture - Searching for the spring sddarkman619	So camping is allowed in Inner Pasture? There's a section of it where it's state area the entry way from agua caliente, is that ok to camp as well? I'm introducing my daughter to backpacking and wanted to do something fairly easy and fun so I was thinking an overnight in inner pasture would be a great starting point.
10/21/2016 Topic: Inner Pasture - Searching for the spring sddarkman619	Sounds good, thanks Ziph!
10/23/2016 Topic: In Ko Pah Explorations and Monitoring sddarkman619	So I revisited a pictograph site today and photoed another area of it. I wasn't sure if I was seeing anything and dstretched it right there and BAM! an anthropomorphic man and sun radiating pops out! I will have to read some of Darens tutes on Dstretch IMG_2120 by sddarkman619, on Flickr IMG_2107_yxx-pc by sddarkman619, on Flickr edited by sddarkman619 on 10/23/2016
10/29/2016 Topic: Bahia de Los Angeles Road Trip sddarkman619	Very cool! The mission is a great site, thanks!
10/30/2016 Topic: Bahia de Los Angeles Road Trip sddarkman619	how old was that mission?
11/4/2016 Topic: Tule Wind Project 2nd Phase Get's the OK sddarkman619	HOW MANY are they going to put in? and Canebrake rd from Mccain is that open to drive on? Are they going to lock down McCain so we can't go hiking during construction and then after?
11/7/2016 Topic: Tule Wind Project 2nd Phase Get's the OK sddarkman619	When you guys go out and backpack out there, where do you park? at the campgrounds? pay the campground fee or? Is there an adventure pass that is needed to be displayed? Thanks edited by sddarkman619 on 11/7/2016
11/11/2016 Topic: Parking in McCain Valley for Hiking sddarkman619	When doing extended backpacking into McCain Valley do you park your vehicles at the campgrounds like cottonwood, pay the camping fees and hike out? or is there something else? Thanks Larry
11/12/2016 Topic: Parking in McCain Valley for Hiking sddarkman619	ziphius wrote: This site might bring some peace of mind (for a small fee) when leaving your car in the area for multiple days. Not sure what others do. Or take the uphill approach from Bow Willow. That's one I'm planning. - Jim what about cottonwood campground?
11/12/2016 Topic: Chapels, churches, missions on Indian Reservations sddarkman619	I have this curiousity about chapels, churchs, missions and cemeteries on Indian Reservations. I've seen a couple, Jamuls, and Mesa Grandes. Was curious if anyone else had this curiousity? I was also curios if anyone has been to or seen San Ignacio on Los Coyotes Reservation or the chapel/church and Cemetery on Campo Reservation? Or Viejas? Or any others you may have seen? Any one ever ask for permission to go view these things? given access or denied? I've always wondered the link between the Christian religion and the Indians and how it plays now in modern times? edited by sddarkman619 on 11/12/2016 edited by sddarkman619 on 11/12/2016
11/13/2016 Topic: Election Backpack sddarkman619	Nice TR and pics! Was that a lone piece of obsidian? I wonder if it was brought there in trade with other tribes or?
11/13/2016 Topic: Parking in McCain Valley for Hiking sddarkman619	do you leave the stuff for possible migrants? or people who are hungry and looking for anything? So the only place you need to pay a fee is in a camping spot? edited by sddarkman619 on 11/13/2016
11/13/2016 Topic: Lower Willows Trail sddarkman619	tommy750 wrote: Nice hiking trip. By the way, has anyone ever been to the Cougar Canyon Solstice Cave? Supposedly a solitary badly weathered pictograph will be illuminated in a few hours in a cave somewhere in Cougar Canyon and again in exactly six months. It's reportedly a "dual purpose" cave with a natural opening for the winter solstice and and artificial walled-in opening (severely damaged in a rock fall) for the summer event. I was just researching this cave, did you guys ever make it? I have photos of the entrance from several different angles if that would help you.
11/13/2016 Topic: Lower Willows Trail sddarkman619	By chance, is this TR Violin from geocaching?
11/13/2016 Topic: Election Backpack sddarkman619	are you allowed to go to obsidian butte and get some? my girls and I like to collect rocks for the tumbler. Looking for some good obsidian. got some from Mammoth area but its not that great
11/14/2016 Topic: Cougar Canyon and Boulder Alley sddarkman619	tommy750 wrote: Anyone found the Cougar Canyon solstice cave? Read an article about it some time back that included a vague location. Apparently had a window constructed in one end that created a solstice alignment. Tom I'm sure you already know, that was it. PM sent anyway.
11/14/2016 Topic: Book Review - Old Time Cattlemen of ABDSP Area sddarkman619	I got to say thanks for this read, I just got it and I've been locked to it for the past hour. Came inscribed but a Bill Knopfel(?) about how he read the book and has hiked n and around most of the things in the book. and loved it. Love pictures!
11/15/2016 Topic: animal trails vs old Indian Trails sddarkman619	does anyone know how to differentiate old Indian trails from animal/game trails? I'd like to know.
11/16/2016 Topic: Curious Coyote sddarkman619	1 post huh Bob?
11/17/2016 Topic: rock circles, rock alignments sddarkman619	Any one point me in a direction or links of some explanations of rock circles and rock alignments? preferable Kumeyaay origin? can't seem to find anyone who will help me figure a couple things out. everyones closed mouth about this stuff it seems.
11/18/2016 Topic: rock circles, rock alignments sddarkman619	I guess what I mean by rock circles are medicine wheels? Spoked circles with the spokes being in the direction of the compass.
11/18/2016 Topic: LabStretch anyone? sddarkman619	Anyone used labstretch? Similar to DStretch.
11/18/2016 Topic: In Ko Pah Explorations and Monitoring sddarkman619	another friend who likes to use photoshop instead of dstretch did this to the pictos we were looking at, nice photoshoping to bring out the figures and then MORE. and kept colors close to natural. The one in red almost looks like a skeleton of a fish with an eye. Maybe it's the story of Lake Cahuilla as it was drying up from the sun and those are the dead fish laying around dying. ??? And there there's the second picture which brings out even more than I didn't see when I dstretched it. Makes me wonder how many layer or cover ups were done on this face.
11/23/2016 Topic: Wind tower collapses in Ocotillo sddarkman619	Damn.
11/26/2016 Topic: Red Top via Inner Pasture via Agua Caliente sddarkman619	that view from Red Top! What a view!
3/6/2017 Topic: Hapaha Flats Fish Creek area for Flowers? sddarkman619	would this be a good place? away from the crowds to see flowers next weekend?
4/6/2017 Topic: Ranger Steve dies in shooting incident sddarkman619	Damn.
4/6/2017 Topic: Old Desert photography locations sddarkman619	Here's mine from the old stage road behind Table Mountain and here's a GREAT article about the area of the old Stage Road including time tables: http://www.sandiegohistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/V62_1Streetman.pdf old-stage-coachroad by sddarkman619, on Flickr
4/6/2017 Topic: My Ride sddarkman619	LOVE that hill. here's my ride going down... Britain let me know when you are going out, I might join you sometime. That is if you are ok with Tacomas. Feel free to view in full screen.
4/16/2017 Topic: Old Desert photography locations sddarkman619	nope, the freeway is next to it. if you want to check it out sometime let me know I'll take you there. From Jacumba.
5/20/2017 Topic: Oriflame to Cottonwood Canyon 3 day BP sddarkman619	what shelter is that? a Tarptent? Looking for a shelter. where did you park vehicles so they weren't messed with? Nice writeup thanks for sharing! edited by sddarkman619 on 5/20/2017
5/20/2017 Topic: Sleeping with Snakes? sddarkman619	I've been thinking about camping in the desert and what about shelters or snake sin the sleeping bag? If you use a bivy or just a tarp type shelter what's to stop the snakes from cuddling up with you at night and you waking up to a kiss from one? My thoughts were having an enclosed tent/shelter so they can't get in, but what if you don't want to be in a tent? Close your bivy? but that gets hot too. Your thoughts/suggestions?
5/20/2017 Topic: Oriflame to Cottonwood Canyon 3 day BP sddarkman619	So that shelter in the photos is the altaplex? Yeah I like tents too because they keep the bugs and snakes out. but just thinking lighter and adventurous.
5/20/2017 Topic: Sleeping with Snakes? sddarkman619	hahaha...lesser of 3 evils? So they crawls into your bivy or when you aren't using a bivy? I have a bivy but I don't always close it.
5/22/2017 Topic: Sleeping with Snakes? sddarkman619	I have the rei minimalist bivy they don't make anymore, no support rod for the chest area though, works great. but I think I am going to get a lightweight tent.
5/26/2017 Topic: Sleeping with Snakes? sddarkman619	where does one acquire a bivy like that?
9/18/2017 Topic: 2017 Sheep Count info sddarkman619	Daren I signed up for this and got no notification. any idea why?
9/19/2017 Topic: 2017 Sheep Count info sddarkman619	dsefcik wrote: sddarkman619 wrote: Daren I signed up for this and got no notification. any idea why? There were new folks coordinating the sheep count effort this year, it is possible some volunteers were not contacted, I am not sure. There is contact info for the new people at this link I would suggest contacting them to find out and make sure you are on the email list for the 2018 count. Didn't Ranger Steve used to do this?
12/5/2018 Topic: Davies Valley and Pinto Canyon sddarkman619	Anyone else want to try retracing that route on the old map?
12/6/2018 Topic: Davies Valley and Pinto Canyon sddarkman619	Britain wrote: sddarkman619 wrote: Anyone else want to try retracing that route on the old map? I would Larry but prob not this year. Check with John? He mentioned going out to Pinto. I meant on just the map. But John, myself and Charles are heading there this Sunday at first light.
12/11/2018 Topic: Carrizo Gorge update sddarkman619	Rocko1 wrote: railexplorer wrote: I just got confirmation that the Sheriffs are running random patrols out in the Gorge. The tracks and a few feet on either side are the 'no go' areas, correct? A few feet meaning 200 ... Most of the right of way through is either 200 feet wide or in most areas the railroad bought and owned whole "Sections" of land. A brochure put out years ago by the State Parks System said"to cross the right of way at 90 degrees to the track", but in the gorge that's a little hard to do with many near vertical slopes on either side of the track! "It is the opinion of the Anza-Borrego Rangers that hikers are permitted to cross the tracks at right angles within the state park." edited by sddarkman619 on 12/11/2018
1/8/2019 Topic: Pinto Canyon sddarkman619	Pinto canyon has been on my list of hikes to do and see some neat things. I finally made it out there while doing some monitoring of sites. While the people I was working for said they couldn't have me go there, they also said they couldn't stop me from "recreating" in that area. So I did, they got the report, and I marked another off my list. For those of you who know the old PCAS article write-up on this area, we found ALL of the petroglyphs with the exception of 1 small one in one of the groups. But do you know which one? We also found some "new" ones(?). Maybe modern? Who knows. We also found several seem to have been tampered with and the addition of Erections. Also found the blue(not so blue now) cross and had it translated. Did the hike with 2 friends, one of which had been to a couple of the petroglyphs and then we completed the list of petroglyphs listed in the article, and then some. A few mortero rocks and some pottery. The usual stuff all over the desert. Great day of hiking. Started at 6:30am and got back to the trucks at 4:30 PM. 10 Hours, 13 miles(exactly). Started when the sun was coming up and ended when the sun was going down. There are a few things I need to go back and look at. Looking forward to another adventure in that area soon. Pictures are not necessarily in order. 6:30 am start The blue cross "In memory of Martin Zamudio Torres born 11/29/1969 and left us 07/20/2008 Don’t fill your hearts with pain or sadness, but remember me every morning. Remember the joy and laughter. I’ve only gone to rest a little bit. Although my departure left sorrow and suffering, for me it has reduced my pain and has given me relief." Head waters of Pinto, a large dry waterfall we had to get around, the photos just don't do the size of it justice. The bottom of the falls We did run into a few Palm Oasis'. male and female...authentic? Including erection. This next petroglyph, was written off. We couldn't find it at first and decided to leave. As we walked up the wash to go back to the trucks I stopped to get a drink and glanced between these two large boulders. And there they were. Squeezed in between two large boulders where you would not normally look and very worn form the wind , water and sand. I asked a few people who are familiar with the "ship of the Desert" stories and each said this symbol may have something to do with Spanish Treasure or a "Mission"(?). or Spanish mission? This was almost written off as we didn't recognize it form the article at first. Several hours later when going back I looked at the article again and realized the drawing in the article was rotated 90° counter clockwise. Lots of areas for grinding as well
1/9/2019 Topic: Pinto Canyon sddarkman619	Rocko1 wrote: Great report! I have always wanted to go out there but have been weary due to it being a route for immigrants and other stories of border patrol warning hikers it may be dangerous. That's why I was told I wasn't supposed to go for a stewardship monitoring thing. I would have to go out with Armed BP they said and That probably wasn't going to happen. Same thing the previous archaeologist told me when I was planning this a couple years ago. There was evident of Immigrant crossing but not a lot where we were.
1/9/2019 Topic: Pinto Canyon sddarkman619	tekewin wrote: Great finds. Are erecto-glyphs a thing? I am skeptical, but I don't know enough to have an opinion. The erections were added to the Ship petroglyph at some point. The report I have is from 1973 and the drawing of the site did not have that in it.
1/10/2019 Topic: Pinto Canyon sddarkman619	tommy750 wrote: Nice trip report and pics. Glad you made it out. Looks like you found everything as well. Pretty much everything, except 1.
1/25/2019 Topic: Can you see Goat Canyon Trestle from McCain? sddarkman619	My father introed me to Goat Canyon Trestle many years ago when I was a kids at the model railroad museum. Since then I've been there numerous times. But my father has not. Into his 70's and newly replaced knee, I'd like to give him a view of Goat Canyon trestle and was wondering if any one knew if you could see if anywhere form McCain area? He can't really hike much at all. Hoping for a drive up and walk a little ways and see it with Binoculars or something to the effect. any help is appreciated. Thanks Larry edited by sddarkman619 on 1/25/2019
2/14/2019 Topic: Can you see Goat Canyon Trestle from McCain? sddarkman619	Thanks Darren and Tom. Is the area of Redondo flat drive able? I see trails but is it legal to drive to that area? Dad'd not going to wan tto walk to much but a bit is ok I would imagine.
9/3/2020 Topic: The Potrero sddarkman619	Ziphius, the unwanted 4x4 traffic, were they stupid drunk people? Did they cause any issues? or did they leave? Possibly taking my Daughter out for her first BP trip and hearing this makes me wonder if I should be concerned.

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