Talk about a trip you took out to Anza Borrego
Mortero Palms to Goat Canyon Trestle, then North
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anutami Posts: 491
12/16/2019
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Thanks to Bob keeping this forum going! I still read all your posts but haven’t posted much, sorry. Thanks for all the reports.
As our kids are getting older we are able to venture a lot farther from the campsite (I have to admit I have gotten soft with our 4x4 camper) so We decided to head out to Anza Borrego and hike to the Goat canyon trestle which is the Longest and Tallest curved wooden trestle in the world. It’s a pretty rigorous hike having to do a lot of boulder scrambling but well worth it. We Headed out to Blair Valley for a night.
Blair Valley views
Looking north toward shelter valley
Headed toward Mortero Palms
Water Station
Phone Booth
Nice little camp spot
Brett scrambling amongst the boulders
Nice pool of water
Mortero Palms to Goat Canyon Trestle #2
The Palms
Views from the top
Entering the rugged Goat Canyon
Trestle coming into view
A bit sketchy in sections
Tallest and Longest curved wooden trestle in the world
Old collapsed tunnel before they built the trestle
Eating lunch where the builders also ate lunch long ago
Pretty amazing curve
Checking out one of the tunnels
Quite a bit to work to do to get the railroad back up and running
Heading back to camp
Got back just in time
We then had reservations for upper pines Over Thanksgiving hoping for snow. As we got to the south entrance the ranger informed us they shut down the campground due to the prediction of too much snow!!! They had evacuated the campground and the tent cabins. We then turned around headed back to Fresno and Then East into Sequoia National Park. Happy they didn’t shut it down  .
Settled in before the storm hit
The next morning
And continued to snow for the next 3 days
We got our flashlights and hiked to the Lodge/restaurant for a Yummy Thanskgiving Dinner
The Restaurant
Had to educate my son what this is/was
Headed back home
It took awhile to get my truck started sitting in freezing temps for 3 days but we had a blast hanging out, snow showing and sledding around.
The much needed snow shovel saved us after about 4’ of snow in 3 days!!
hope you enjoyed the report
Other pics from previous adventures
One of my favorite pics of the season (anyone know the location?)
Brett learning to drive (don’t tell the rangers)
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Buford Posts: 467
12/18/2019
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Awesome. I can't believe someone put up a rope to get around that dry fall. It is passable without. Cool to see all the SeKi snow too.
It looks like the fire isn't in a metal container. FYI, that is an expensive ticket. I know someone that got cited for that infraction recently in Borrego. They were well off the beaten path and didn't know the rules. A ranger pulled up and surprised them at night.
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Buford Posts: 467
12/20/2019
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anutami wrote:
Buford wrote:
Awesome. I can't believe someone put up a rope to get around that dry fall. It is passable without.
yeah, it makes it a bit more dramatic seeing that rope there but then you realize it is not really needed. Was fun for my son to swing out and tackle the hard side, I took the path of least resistance of course...
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It looks like the fire isn't in a metal container. FYI, that is an expensive ticket. I know someone that got cited for that infraction recently in Borrego. They were well off the beaten path and didn't know the rules. A ranger pulled up and surprised them at night..
thanks for the heads up but that particular camp site actually has a permanent metal container, its just piled up with rocks around it, kinda hard to see this pic may be better,... I carry a BBQ lid that works quite well. Just curious if you know what the fine is? I have been hassled before about rocks being put around the metal container and the fire can still char the rocks.
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Cool. I was told $400-500 for the fine, but the person was still waiting for the official ticket in the mail. They are trying to prevent fire scars all over the landscape with the number of people using Borrego, so rocks stacked around metal is still likely to get some scrutiny.
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surfponto Administrator Posts: 1369
12/23/2019
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Welcome back. Love the report.
Looks like your camper is working out great.
Nice you are introducing your kids to the Desert.
We used to take my son out when he was pre-teen and he would always argue and say he wanted to stay home to play computer games.
Fast forward 15 years later and he is now asking me about getting together for a Desert camping trip. ;-)
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