tommy750 Posts: 1049
11/4/2012
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Took my friend out to see the Piedras Grandes and Indian Hill caves last Friday. Turned onto Dos Cabezas Road and got stuck in a traffic jam.
Dos Cabezas Blade2 by tomteske, on Flickr
The road is so different we had trouble finding our way and had to backtrack a couple times, all under the watchful eyes of a pair of Pattern Energy vehicles that only became disinterested near the county line.
Dos Cabezas Road by tomteske, on Flickr
Dos Cabeza Wind by tomteske, on Flickr
Dos Cabeza Blade by tomteske, on Flickr
Dos Cabeza Blades by tomteske, on Flickr
On the way to Piedras Grandes site, stopped to get the drinks out of the heat in this little cave.
Piedras Grandes Cave by tomteske, on Flickr
Not sure how legit this is. Maybe a guy with a surfboard.
Piedras Grandes Surfer by tomteske, on Flickr
Outside was a nice yoni.
Piedras Grandes Yoni by tomteske, on Flickr
Further up, the cave. The sign shows the table-like pictograph in the wrong place.
Piedras Grandes Cave Sign by tomteske, on Flickr
The pictographs looked pretty faded and even DStretch didn't do much.
Pieadras Grandes Panorama_lbk by tomteske, on Flickr
The famous rider on a horse.
Piedras Grandes Horseman2 by tomteske, on Flickr
Indian Hill is always a neat place and different pictographs seem to stand out every visit. These are in the lower recess to the left of the main part of the cave.
Blue Sun Cave Details_lab by tomteske, on Flickr
Found this guy hiking back.
Tarantula2 by tomteske, on Flickr
Finished up by driving through the Volcanic Hills to Jojobo Wash. Kinda tight for a full size PU.
Volcanic Hills Wash Tundra by tomteske, on Flickr
Volcanic Hills Crossing by tomteske, on Flickr
Enjoy. Tom
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AdventureGraham Posts: 170
11/5/2012
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Great photos! I assume there's a yard off Dos Cabezas Road where they're assembling those things?
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dsefcik Administrator Posts: 2622
11/5/2012
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BorregoWrangler wrote:
Great photos! I assume there's a yard off Dos Cabezas Road where they're assembling those things? They have a few yards for the vehicles and storage and such but they really assemble them right on site where they will go up.
-- http://www.sefcik.com http://www.darensefcik.com http://www.carrizogorge.com
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dsefcik Administrator Posts: 2622
11/5/2012
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I too lost my way a month or so ago when I went out to Piedras Grandes. All of the workers will slow down driving and the water tanks will start spraying as soon as they see you watching them.
The guy on the surfboard looked like graffiti to me when I saw it, did you go see graffiti cave?
-- http://www.sefcik.com http://www.darensefcik.com http://www.carrizogorge.com
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anutami Posts: 491
11/5/2012
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Your night shots are great!
Friday is a work day, its just ashame they are doing it right in the middle of BLM which many people use for recreation!
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tommy750 Posts: 1049
11/5/2012
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dsefcik wrote:
I too lost my way a month or so ago when I went out to Piedras Grandes. All of the workers will slow down driving and the water tanks will start spraying as soon as they see you watching them.
The guy on the surfboard looked like graffiti to me when I saw it, did you go see graffiti cave?
No, must have missed that one. Is it in the same general area on the left side of the road? Saw the water truck headed my way and immediately rolled up my windows! Tom
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dsefcik Administrator Posts: 2622
11/6/2012
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You need to go past the signed pictos and keep poking around, you can't miss it....it's right next to the big boulder....
-- http://www.sefcik.com http://www.darensefcik.com http://www.carrizogorge.com
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surfponto Administrator Posts: 1364
11/6/2012
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Is that the same cave as the handprints?
Never found out the story on those.
dsefcik wrote:
You need to go past the signed pictos and keep poking around, you can't miss it....it's right next to the big boulder....
-- https://www.anzaborrego.net/
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tommy750 Posts: 1049
11/6/2012
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dsefcik wrote:
You need to go past the signed pictos and keep poking around, you can't miss it....it's right next to the big boulder....
Will check it out. Thanks. Tom
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dsefcik Administrator Posts: 2622
11/6/2012
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Yep, the hands are right below the graffiti...so guess where the hands came from...
surfponto wrote:
Is that the same cave as the handprints? Never found out the story on those.
-- http://www.sefcik.com http://www.darensefcik.com http://www.carrizogorge.com
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tommy750 Posts: 1049
11/7/2012
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dsefcik wrote:
Yep, the hands are right below the graffiti...so guess where the hands came from...
surfponto wrote:
Is that the same cave as the handprints? Never found out the story on those.
That tagger looks like he broke is left index finger and forgot to get it pinned. Keep your eyes peeled for that guy! Think I recall a similar finger deformity noted on prehistoric cave paintings at a European site. Tom
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