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11/10/2013 Topic: Little Blair to Alma Wash Backpack Trip dsefcik Administrator	tommy750 wrote: Nice trip Daren. How many miles was it? That sheep cache is pretty amazing. Tom Not exactly sure, Craig was tracking it but he lost his GPS coming down into Alma Wash somewhere, probably about 10/11 miles each day...long, tough days.
11/10/2013 Topic: Bypass Road dsefcik Administrator	Thanks for the update...seems sand is pretty bad everywhere now, there is a soft sand sign in Blair Valley now.
11/11/2013 Topic: Memorials in the Park dsefcik Administrator	Hey Tom, where is the one you have from out in Pinto area?
11/11/2013 Topic: Memorials in the Park dsefcik Administrator	Carrizo Gorge near DeAnza, there is stuff written on the crosses but that was not the emphasis of the photo
11/13/2013 Topic: Big Spring and Galleta Meadows dsefcik Administrator	mrkmc wrote: Awesome! I love the last 4 pictures, especially the "be different" mud picture. Looks like a fun day of adventure, thanks for sharing.
11/14/2013 Topic: Goat Canyon and the rest of the railroad dsefcik Administrator	Thanks for the info, it will be interesting to see trains active on the rail again.
11/19/2013 Topic: South Carrizo Creek to the Arroyo Tapiado Mud Caves dsefcik Administrator	Welcome to the forums....yeah the sand seems to be pretty bad this year everywhere, thanks for the TR.
11/25/2013 Topic: Kumeyaay Nation Sycuan Documentary dsefcik Administrator	http://sycuantribe.org/ Great stuff...watch the movie.
11/27/2013 Topic: Orocopia Mountains dsefcik Administrator	Nice trip David...Orocopia has been on my list for awhile also...the cloudy skies make that whole area look best.
11/27/2013 Topic: Inner Pasture - Searching for the spring dsefcik Administrator	Went out for a solo trip to see if the spring marked on the topo maps was good for getting water. Turns out not really... This was all there was...well, and tons of catsclaw. I was hoping to find an old cattle trough and a piped spring like some other areas but no luck. Anybody know what these guys are?? I know what this is... OK, I knew you were gonna ask...yeah, those are from my S100 camera. Here are some fantastic photos from my 1937 Zeiss folding camera. And yes, I used really old expired Kodachrome slide film and had it cross processed as negatives. My camp setup, it was getting dark by the time I got into Inner Pasture. Star trails....the lens fogged up pretty quick. The air was just moist, both days I had clouds just looking like they wanted to rain on me. Probably mid 30's at night and just plain wet. Sunrise Self portrait I don't even like this shot of IP On the way home I put some Redscale film in the old camera and took some photos of the wind turbines...both me and the camera just saw red looking at them...
11/29/2013 Topic: Inner Pasture - Searching for the spring dsefcik Administrator	tommy750 wrote: How many rolls of old film do you have, Daren?? Wonder exactly if or when topo maps update whether a spring is dry e.g. Dave McCain. Do the next gen topo maps do that or just copy the old ones? Nice trip. Tom I have a drawer full of old film in the refrigerator...not sure how many rolls left, maybe 20 or so. Not sure on the maps either, springs can change as the ground shifts or they can dry up completely.
12/3/2013 Topic: Sunset Mountain / Pinyon Wash / Harper Flat dsefcik Administrator	That lizard is almost as cute as Ramsey....
12/4/2013 Topic: Mese Verde National Park dsefcik Administrator	Beautiful...one day I will make it out there...love the snow...thanks for sharing...
12/6/2013 Topic: Sunset Mountain / Pinyon Wash / Harper Flat dsefcik Administrator	Yeah, Harper Flat is kinda big..you could easily spend a few days poking around out there. Here is a stitched 5 photo panorama looking south/east'ish, Whale Peak on the right...yes, it was film, old expired film. Click the photo for the full size.
12/7/2013 Topic: Hunting in the In-Ko-Pah Mountains dsefcik Administrator	Went on a 2 day backpacking trip to hunt for pictographs in the In-Ko-Pah mountains. The night sky was perfect for star gazing, I could easily see the Andromeda Galaxy with my binoculars and shooting stars were streaking across the sky all night, especially from 3am-5am when I easily saw 3-4 per minute it seemed like. Jupiter may be one of the outer bright streaks, not sure (Olympus OM-2s, 28mm, f/5.6, Lomography 100 ISO color film) The hunt was good, we found some new pictographs on a panel I had visited before but did not see them because they are so faint. I still did not see them while photographing the "blank" boulder face but DStretch made them pop out once I got home and processed the photos. Here is a 5 image stitched photo of what looked like a blank boulder face Here is the DStretched version...it revealed two different pictographs Lets look at a couple of the individual images used to stitch everything together, they will show more detail. Here is the top section before/after Here is the bottom section before/after Just amazing...you simply cannot see these pictographs staring at the boulder! Here is another panel that I did not see a pictograph on, mostly because I was focused on the obvious one below it. These photos reveal another sun burst above and to the right of the obvious one. If you have Manfred Knaak's book The Forgotten Artist: Indians of Anza-Borrego and Their Rock Art and look on page 73 you will see a panel of rock art that looks like it is in pretty good condition. He credits the Museum of Man for the photo so chances are it is from the 30's or 40's, possibly from Malcolm Rodgers. I used an old 1937 camera and old expired color film to photograph it as best I could to match, here are the results The photo in Knaak's book looks awfully good compared to what I photographed last weekend, I wonder if the deterioration over the years is genuine or if the older photo in the book was modified somehow to represent more of what the photographer believed he/she saw. Here are a few more before/after photos of the same panel Total Mylar Balloons this trip - 4 (sorry, no photo)
12/8/2013 Topic: Goat Canyon Trestle Hike, November 2013 dsefcik Administrator	Looks like a great a trip, the powder cans look like they are almost all gone. I remember seeing 4WD cars on the tracks on a trip out with Bob and his wife.
12/8/2013 Topic: Hunting in the In-Ko-Pah Mountains dsefcik Administrator	Jim (ziphius) wrote: Some of those are just impossible to see without the filters. Would all of those pictos reveal themselves with the standard D-Stretch software 'cycle,' or did you really have to custom-tweak some of the settings? Standard crgb would reveal them enough to work harder at making them better. My usual work flow starts with running all of my photos thru DStretch in Batch Mode using the CRGB filter first. Then from there decide which photos need more tweaking to look their best.
12/8/2013 Topic: Hunting in the In-Ko-Pah Mountains dsefcik Administrator	tommy750 wrote: Very nice, Daren. Looks like someone did their own version of "DStretch" on Knaak's page 73 pic. Did you see the "fertility rocks" Crawford found nearby? Isn't that how the whole yoni thing got started? Tom It seems that way to me...I am not certain where the fertility rocks are that the book mentions, there are several areas out there that have small rock shelters, Yoni looking rocks and such, it is just an amazing and vast area.
12/10/2013 Topic: Goat Canyon Trestle Hike, November 2013 dsefcik Administrator	Jim (ziphius) wrote: Great trip and some nice tough terrain. Some water in the morteros too! Hiking up Mortero Palms Canyon to the overlook at Goat Canyon earlier this year makes we want to bring the big pack up there and camp somewhere near Jacumba Peak. I have been wanting to do that as well...let me know if you want any company.
12/16/2013 Topic: NOAA Radiosonde Found dsefcik Administrator	Looks like the first one I found, a 2001 model. From the two I took back (RB Office) they only seemed mildly interested in knowing the location, they didn't mark it down or anything. I did get a tour of the facility when I took the first one in though. I always carry a couple empty trash bags for things like radiosondes, trash, rain, etc....8-) They send 2 of these up each day from Kearny Mesa.
12/16/2013 Topic: N/E ABDSP dsefcik Administrator	Looks awesome rockhopper...Martinez canyon? I am hopeful to get out during the xmas break, love the reports, keep 'em coming...!!
12/16/2013 Topic: Found Camper Part in Sheep Canyon dsefcik Administrator	Nolan (anutami) wrote: No, but did you come across an actual camper out there? I seemed to have lost mine!!!!!!!! WTF??!!
12/19/2013 Topic: Found Camper Part in Sheep Canyon dsefcik Administrator	umm...I ain't no camperologist or engineer but that is clearly a design flaw, 4 screws holding a piece of plywood and expecting that to hold the camper on???? Those buckle clamps need to bolted/welded to a solid part of the camper frame...just MHO...
12/19/2013 Topic: The Mud Palisades & Anicent Forest of Fish Creek dsefcik Administrator	I am still somewhat puzzled how you didn't realize the camper had fallen off until your daughter said something...that metate is a rare find, hopefully you will keep it's location a secret and your children can return to visit it again. Once your eyes know what to look for you will find evidence of habitation almost everywhere you go in the desert, it is truly remarkable. Thanks for sharing another great TR and photos...
12/22/2013 Topic: The Mud Palisades & Anicent Forest of Fish Creek dsefcik Administrator	Ranger Steve is one of the best... Ranger Jennifer who manages the Blair Valley area is also great!
12/23/2013 Topic: A priceless desert find by a kid dsefcik Administrator	Actually it is Sam who you quoted, not a ranger. Sam is a great guy by he way... People do still find still find complete ollas out there, I know of 2 in the last couple years and as Sam said in the article, they are usually left in place but they will semi hide them. Most are in very remote locations but flash floods and fires will uncover things not normally seen. This piece has similar painting as the one in the article This is an interesting piece because of the 2 holes in the rim This olla is complete but broken on one side Thanks for that mrkmc, nice article.
12/23/2013 Topic: Diablo Dropoff graded dsefcik Administrator	I would be curious to hear a first hand account, last time I was there (Dec 2012) it was pretty messed up.
12/23/2013 Topic: A priceless desert find by a kid dsefcik Administrator	I like that piece with the drawings, very cool...!
12/24/2013 Topic: Best Mylar Ballon Trip dsefcik Administrator	@ziphius:
12/25/2013 Topic: Christmas Wishes dsefcik Administrator
12/26/2013 Topic: The Mud Palisades & Anicent Forest of Fish Creek dsefcik Administrator	I was thinking of heading out that way this weekend, I am guessing the road is in good shape for a big 'ole truck like mine? I don't have a camper on mine though..8-)
12/30/2013 Topic: Staying at and hiking from Fish Creek Campground dsefcik Administrator	The park has graded most of the Fish Creek roads in the last couple of weeks all the way up to Split Rock and even the Drop Off. The North Fork is still rough and 4WD only. You should be fine to the campground going slow. Welcome to the forums!
12/30/2013 Topic: Lost & Found Memory Card dsefcik Administrator	Found a memory card out hiking in Fish Creek this weekend......anybody (with two cute kids) want to claim it?? edited by dsefcik on 12/30/2013
12/30/2013 Topic: Lost & Found Memory Card dsefcik Administrator	Beach scene with star fish....
12/31/2013 Topic: Diablo Dropoff graded dsefcik Administrator	Confirmed with own eyes, most of all of Fish Creek has had the tractor go thru and grade the roads except the north fork. Probably any high clearance vehicle could make it to Split Rock. An experienced driver could probably drive my big truck up/down the drop off right now, very soft silty dirt though. Hardly a bump or boulder the entire way from the drop off to the main Fish Creek road. You can see my footprints on the road cuz I am to chicken to try and drive it....
12/31/2013 Topic: Diablo Dropoff graded dsefcik Administrator	All graded, clear from the main FC road to the top....for now...my 3rd picture shows the lower section, completely void of the 5' holes it had before...
1/2/2014 Topic: N/E ABDSP Part II dsefcik Administrator	Looks like a good trip, I still was not able to find it on the maps though....thanks for sharing...
1/3/2014 Topic: Indian Hill 11/30 dsefcik Administrator	Looks like a good trip. What camera did you use for the star trails?
1/3/2014 Topic: Indian Hill 11/30 dsefcik Administrator	Ahhh...I saw DSC and didn't think any point'nshoot's would do that and wondered if there was another Alpha user out there...but the Nex will do it.
1/5/2014 Topic: Calcite Mine dsefcik Administrator	Looks like it was a great day...thanks for sharing...
1/5/2014 Topic: Calcite Mine dsefcik Administrator	That is pretty cool Nolan, I did not know they were there..will need to check them out for sure..thanks!
1/11/2014 Topic: What are you reading? dsefcik Administrator	I was actually just reading a lot of this book over xmas break, it covers the whole park, not just Fish Creek or such. Used it as a basis for exploration over New Years. rockhopper wrote: dsefcik wrote: Nolan (anutami) wrote: Geology of Anza-Borrego: Edge of Creation This is a great book and a must read. My son just bought this for me...looks good so far Geology of Anza-Borrego: Edge of Creation Daren, Just bought the book while in Borrego Springs! Highly recommended. Makes you realize just how amazing the geology of the whole area is. Just fantastic!
1/12/2014 Topic: Sold my truck dsefcik Administrator	I sold my truck this weekend so I am now looking for a pre-smog 4x4 vehicle, anybody know of something for sale? No more DPF full problems or $100 fuel filter changes every 15k miles....
1/13/2014 Topic: Sold my truck dsefcik Administrator	I am looking at Toyota trucks, oldest I can find so far are '80 models with the 22r engine. Also looking at American trucks, I miss my old '67 C20 long bed and my IH Travelall, shoulda kept that. Bob, that truck was a money pit and the smog related problems with it and many newer ones were just going to be problematic so it was time to get rid of it. I can't see myself without having a truck to haul stuff around it so that is what I will probably be getting.
1/14/2014 Topic: Sold my truck dsefcik Administrator	@Bob: Any more info on that '83? I looked at a couple yesterday, if you know of one that is in good shape I am ready to buy. @Tom: I like that, there was a couple in Death Valley a few years back when I went that had one of those. They trailered it out every year they said and spend Thanksgiving week tooling around the back roads.
1/15/2014 Topic: Hot Springs, Mud Volcanoes and ABDSP week 2 Jan. dsefcik Administrator	Never been to those mineral baths, looks pretty cool. I love Obsidian Butte and the Mudpots, everyone should go and check them out. No Slab City on the plans? Thanks for sharing.
1/15/2014 Topic: Hot Springs, Mud Volcanoes and ABDSP week 2 Jan. dsefcik Administrator	I'll put those on my next Salton Sea area list...thanks!
1/15/2014 Topic: Sold my truck dsefcik Administrator	Bob gave me a tip of a truck for sale from a friend of his...bought it today...thanks Bob! Check out the for sale post the previous owner put up about it here http://forum.ih8mud.com/other-vehicles/723421-1981-sr5-toyota-pickup-4wd-great-shape.html
1/16/2014 Topic: Trans Anza traverse of ABSP dsefcik Administrator	Not sure if you are asking about this as a trip or need info or ??
1/16/2014 Topic: Sold my truck dsefcik Administrator	I liked it driving home...gonna try to go out to ABSP this weekend so I will see how it does
1/19/2014 Topic: 4 Day Backpack in Rockhouse Canyon / Dawns Peak dsefcik Administrator	DHeuschele wrote: rockhopper wrote: Good show! Dawns peak 3x in a season must be some kind of record. A few years ago I did Dawns twice in a season and I speculated that no one had done it more in a season. I think it is very unlikely someone has done it more than 3 times in a season. Hummm..never thought about it like that...Dawns is one of my favorites for sure...thanks!
1/20/2014 Topic: Mine Wash Trail Cam dsefcik Administrator	That looks like a big healthy coyote....funny thing is all my bait was still there in the morning. Gonna take the pinhole film in today to get developed....we'll see....
1/20/2014 Topic: Mine Wash Trail Cam dsefcik Administrator	surfponto wrote: Hey how did the "new" truck work out? Other than what looks like a rear main seal leak...sweeet...!! Drives way better than my Dodge off road and it feels good to have manual transmission again.
1/21/2014 Topic: Mine Wash Trail Cam dsefcik Administrator	tommy750 wrote: Bob, Daren wouldn't shut up about how awesome his new truck was! Tom
1/21/2014 Topic: Mine Wash Trail Cam dsefcik Administrator	When I was in Venezuela there were similar Nissan brand vehicles but with hard tops and they were the taxi cabs to rain forest areas. I bounced around in a few several times.
1/24/2014 Topic: Illegal camping dsefcik Administrator	Can't say I have that happen before but it does not surprise me, it seems like the majority of people think the desert is someplace they can do whatever they want, that there are no real regulations they have to follow. Over New Years someone actually drove right into the middle of the Morteros Village site and camped out. They moved many rocks to make a campfire against a cupule/mortero boulder and basically ruined it with soot and broken edges from throwing the rocks at at. They also got the vehicle stuck and dug out a huge midden area in the process.
1/26/2014 Topic: Trans Anza traverse of ABSP dsefcik Administrator	Can you provide any details? I have a few loose ideas already about a traverse of the park of my own.
1/26/2014 Topic: Illegal camping dsefcik Administrator	Pretty much what Borregolinda stated. "Camping" can be anywhere (where there are not any signs indicating otherwise), your car though can only be one car length off the road. So in this scenario they could have parked their car one car length off the road and walked over to the "illegal" spot and camped. As Borregolinda said, confronting people out in the desert can be problematic, it is usually better to just take indiscreet notes of license, description, etc and report to park rangers.
1/27/2014 Topic: 4 Day Backpack in Rockhouse Canyon / Dawns Peak dsefcik Administrator	DHeuschele wrote: Where did you get the 7 oz titanium loppers? Thank Home Depot..$20 I think..work great, I use them at home also and you can re-sharpen with a sharping stone.
1/29/2014 Topic: Fish Creek New Years 2013 dsefcik Administrator	Some random photos from Fish Creek around Christmas/New Years 2013, all old film cameras Olympus OM2s 35mm setting up the 1937 Zeiss folding camera for star trails, Sombrero way off in the distance Dinner with the Trangia alcohol stove All the rest of the photos were taken with my medium format (120 film) 1937 Zeiss folding camera and Kodak Portra 160 color film Star Trails and Toms Headlights creating a shadow Whale Peak Sunrise East View Fish Creek Sunrise Desert Wildflower beautifulness These are two different buttes, one behind the other but the geological colors line up perfectly Sunrise on the east face of Whale Peak from the Dave McCain Spring parking area The mighty Fish Creek Wash heading out on my way home
1/30/2014 Topic: Fish Creek New Years 2013 dsefcik Administrator	tommy750 wrote: I like your tripod stabilizing device. How much did you pay for that? Any pics back from the Mine Wash pinhole camera yet? You noticed...haha...I just borrowed it for the evening from Mother Desert...the pinhole pictures are probably not worth posting, I didn't expose them long enough so all you see is the campfire and darkness, there are a couple ok ones of the moon though.
1/30/2014 Topic: Egg Mountain: Island in the sky Paradise dsefcik Administrator	Bow Willow is 2wd dirt road. I never get reception around Carrizo Gorge, usually need to go up to Canyon Sin Nombre. I had Border Patrol drive up Egg last time I camped there and they scouted the landscape for awhile before leaving.
1/31/2014 Topic: Fish Creek New Years 2013 dsefcik Administrator	waning moon wrote: Our paths must have crossed Maybe it was your footprints we saw...! The guzzler was in good shape, almost full.
2/4/2014 Topic: Jamul Kiln Ruins dsefcik Administrator	That is actually a great site, I have used it before for other areas in San Diego. One place I have been meaning to get to is the Walker Cyn Ecological Reserve. Once I have a functioning back again I want to get out there http://www.dfg.ca.gov/lands/er/region5/walkercanyon.html tommy750 wrote: This is a completely legit hike on public land in an ecological reserve. This link should clarify things. Check out the additional link on "The General's Lady" which mentions the kilns and additional fascinating history on the messy transfer of lands from The Kumeyaay to Mexicans to Americans. Tom http://www.dfg.ca.gov/lands/er/region5/ranchojamul/
2/8/2014 Topic: West Mesa dsefcik Administrator	Looks like some fresh tracks going off towards the target. I have heard from a credible source that those circles I mentioned were used by 1960-70's desert hippie kooks...but who knows. Wish I was able to get out there with you...
2/8/2014 Topic: West Mesa dsefcik Administrator	Florian wrote: Is there a legal vehicle route all the way through from Plaster City to Fish Creek? I'm assuming there as you went to the Whit BM. I was somehow thinking was closed to vehicles. -Florian I think EC085 is the road, I have not been on it but those who have describe it as a very sandy 4wd only road.
2/11/2014 Topic: West Mesa dsefcik Administrator	@anutami: Yeah, I know they (park) are doing a bunch of different things out at the stage station, Tamarisk removal, station restoration, etc. @tommy750: Now I know where Graves Ave in El Cajon got it's name from.
2/11/2014 Topic: Night timelapse from the last few weeks dsefcik Administrator	Very nice....love all of the Milky Way shots.....thanks for sharing, hope to see more!
2/11/2014 Topic: Salvation Mountain’s creator Leonard Knight dies at 82 dsefcik Administrator	Now would be a good time before it changes ownership or worse....
2/12/2014 Topic: Sold my truck dsefcik Administrator	So is that photo out in front of the Lazy Lizard?? surfponto wrote: We had a 1989 SR5 with the 22R-E motor also That was a great truck that I wish I hadn't sold. Bought it in 93 wintyfresh wrote: Sweet ride! I had an '89 that went all over the park without issue, only got rid of it because it didn't want to haul two dirt bikes and a trailer. Hope to see you out there in it! edited by surfponto on 2/11/2014
2/12/2014 Topic: Sold my truck dsefcik Administrator	Couldn't help it, bought a companion component for the truck... edited by dsefcik on 2/12/2014
2/12/2014 Topic: Subject: Presidents Weekend dsefcik Administrator	For books, Schad and Lindsay...are what I have. Busy areas are easy to get to areas or close to off road areas (ocotillo wells). Fish Creek/Split Mountain is great but very busy on holidays, so is Blair Valley. Trying to compare DV to ABDSP is hard, it is apples vs oranges in so many ways, desert is probably it's only commonality. Not knowing what you want to do for a weekend it is hard to recommend a place, for general camping/hiking with family Blair Valley is good, for remote back country you could do Rockhouse Cyn or hike into Carrizo Gorge. If you stay away from the park visitor recommended areas you will probably be fine for crowds...but that depends on your idea of crowds....
2/13/2014 Topic: Cactus, Big Horn Sheep and the Goat Canyon Trestle dsefcik Administrator	Cool trip...you guys just hike the rail line from Dos Cabezas? Looks like the sheep are not to concerned with your presence.
2/13/2014 Topic: Sold my truck dsefcik Administrator	That looks like me a few weeks back when I took the new (to me) SR5 out to Mine/Pinyon Wash, I had all my junk in the bed with a bungie net holding everything in place...nothing fits inside my cab anymore!! surfponto wrote: Yep, me and the Lazy Lizard go way back dsefcik wrote: So is that photo out in front of the Lazy Lizard??
2/17/2014 Topic: Happy Presidents Day Weekend!!! dsefcik Administrator	@anutami: So cute... Did you guys make a fire in the buried wheel barrel?
2/18/2014 Topic: Blair Valley and Mud Caves with the Kids dsefcik Administrator	Fun trip..nice desert side notched arrow...I think the ants were also confused by the warm temps, I read they usually fly out during the summer.
2/18/2014 Topic: Blair Valley and Mud Caves with the Kids dsefcik Administrator	Just looked at the other pics....nice...yeah, who was supervising those kids anyway?? Boulder climbing, riding in the back of an open truck, playing with fire...sheesh, reminds me of when I was a kid and you could actually have fun! You guys didn't climb up to the top of Quake BM did you?
2/18/2014 Topic: Blair Valley and Mud Caves with the Kids dsefcik Administrator	mrkmc wrote: I think its much happier staying right where it was. Correct, the VC has tons of that already and the BARC is filled with the same thing, best thing is just leave it where you found it and take only pictures...
2/18/2014 Topic: Sold my truck dsefcik Administrator	Got a half decent photo from the wooden pinhole camera... Expired Agfa Vista 200 film in a wooden pinhole camera f/128 @ 1 second
2/18/2014 Topic: What are you reading? dsefcik Administrator	This book was recommended to me by someone at The San Diego Tracking Team ( http://www.sdtt.org ). I just got it today and after just a brief glance thru I have to say it looks like a really good book if you are interested in tracking. I already identified several tracks in it that I was not sure of before (like the Blister Beetle). This is a heavy, thick book and includes a section on scat..how could I pass that up?? Mammal Tracks & Sign
2/21/2014 Topic: Salton Sea Exploration dsefcik Administrator	As always a very detailed, informative and lengthy report...nice job. I really like a lot of the photos you have, especially that first sunirse/sunset one. That 4x4 van I see everywhere, assuming there not too many of them, in fact just saw it it the other day in town. Mud pots are a blast when they are going off, the whole ground vibrates.
2/21/2014 Topic: Happy Presidents Day Weekend!!! dsefcik Administrator	I felt pretty bad when I left the flat bread out for Tom's wildlife cam....yeah, generally don't recommend leaving anything out for the critters.
2/22/2014 Topic: Subject: Presidents Weekend dsefcik Administrator	Borregolinda wrote: A must see in my book is Fonts Pt. Gives you a beautiful view of the Badlands. I have still never been there...just goes to show how vast of an area the park is..it is on my list though..soon!!
2/24/2014 Topic: Sandstone Canyon Discovered dsefcik Administrator	Nice day out....here is a real east approach, my son looking back at the finger we just descended from Whale Peak. This was near taken near Dave McCain Spring.
2/24/2014 Topic: Show us your Cholla bomb photos dsefcik Administrator	Here is a post bomb photo
2/25/2014 Topic: Show us your Cholla bomb photos dsefcik Administrator	I remember that photo, I thought it looked like those girly socks back in the 80's, the ones that had a little ball hanging off the back.... surfponto wrote: Found this shot from our Inner Pasture Hike we did with Daren a couple years back.
2/25/2014 Topic: Show us your Cholla bomb photos dsefcik Administrator	That looks like the poor guy just fell right into a big teddy...damn, that is gonna hurt like hell when they yank 'em out..!! mrkmc wrote: Not me, but I love this pic:
2/25/2014 Topic: Subject: Cactus Spring Trail backpack : March dsefcik Administrator	I would love to but doubt my back will be ready next month...keep us posted of when you go and if I can I will join you.
2/25/2014 Topic: Show us your Cholla bomb photos dsefcik Administrator	Jim (ziphius) wrote: Hey, don't feel bad if you've been cholla-bombed. It happens to the best: [from a postcard sold at the ABDSP Visitor Center] edited by ziphius on 2/25/2014
2/25/2014 Topic: Chuckwalla Mountains, The Bradshaw Trail dsefcik Administrator	Cool trip David...I could probably join you on those trips now and fit thru the squeeze in my new truck! I drove it on the EC085 yesterday and plowed thru all the silty sand with ease. Joel, one of the older guys I have backpacked with told a story of one night he woke up and a kit fix had his sleeping bag in his mouth and was trying to drag it and him away...pretty funny.
2/26/2014 Topic: Subject: Cactus Spring Trail backpack : March dsefcik Administrator	Florian wrote: You did mean March 2014 right? -Florian Ha! Nice catch..didn't it even think about that...
2/26/2014 Topic: Fonts Point, the movie? dsefcik Administrator	I think that is what David reported about in this post
2/27/2014 Topic: Jamul Kiln Ruins dsefcik Administrator	Land_Sup wrote: I am the Lands Supervisor for the California Department of Fish and Wildife. The Department owns and manages Rancho Jamul Ecological Reserve. This reserve is currently closed to the public (though in the future we hope to open up portions of the property). Violators can be cited by Department Wardens. We are currently in the process of updating the Department website to reflect this. It will be hard believe much from an anonymous poster so please provide some credible proof. I think most people on this forum respect the lands right use.
2/27/2014 Topic: Ocotillo Blooms in Feb? dsefcik Administrator	I was able to get out last Monday for field day to Split Mountain and noticed on the way home driving that almost all of the ocotillos were blooming bright red buds. I was wondering if the funky warm weather was making them think it was spring a little early. Has anybody else notice this recently?
2/27/2014 Topic: Jamul Kiln Ruins dsefcik Administrator	tommy750 wrote: You can check the CDFW Lands Staff Directory below but I don't see "Lands Supervisor" on the list. Maybe the dept. website is being updated to reflect this as well? http://www.dfg.ca.gov/lands/directory.html I have already emailed the Lands Program Manager for confirmation, we will see if there is a response.
2/27/2014 Topic: Tamarisk Grove Campground new cabins dsefcik Administrator	$60 for 4 people? That is a good price for cabin "camping".....and it keeps the kit foxes from stealing your shoes.....
2/28/2014 Topic: Jamul Kiln Ruins dsefcik Administrator	Jim (ziphius) wrote: Maybe this link? http://www.dfg.ca.gov/wildlife/email.html A 'Kari Lewis' is listed as Lands Program Manager. That is who I emailed.
3/1/2014 Topic: Peace and quiet, stars and pottery dsefcik Administrator	That pottery is a companion piece to the one we discussed via email. Always love an Orion shot, nice work, doesn't the Nex have some kind of remote shutter mechanism? Anyway, one my favorite areas for sure, thanks for posting.
3/1/2014 Topic: Ella Wash and Coyote mtn hike dsefcik Administrator	Florian wrote: There was a log book entry in the Coyote mtn register that said they hiked up from what look like "E & Ch pass". Anyone have an idea what/where E & Ch pass is? I know people come up from Alcoholic Pass and also from the Pegleg monument. Can't figure out what E & Ch means. Maybe i just didn't correctly read the register entry. -Florian Interesting...looks like we need to do some digging to figure that one out....
3/1/2014 Topic: Peace and quiet, stars and pottery dsefcik Administrator	tommy750 wrote: Have you tried covering the lens with your hat etc I tried that once, to try and get star trails with a fireball point....only problem was I started drinking and talking with the other guys and totally forgot to remove the hat so in the morning I had a 16 hour exposure of my hat

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