A good time .......

Our Location: Near American Girl Mine Road, BLM, CA

 

I was too lazy to blog last night after a lot of hours in the sun and so I decided to do a double blog tonight. Lots of photos, so be warned. 

 

 

 Tom & Jerry, not the cat and mouse, but our chefs for lunch on Sunday. Tom on the left and Jerry of course on the right. 

I asked some nice lady walking by if she would snap a few photos of us all and of course she said yes. Left to right, Tom, Deb D, Riley, Doug, Elva, Deb K, and Jerry. 

 

 

Yesterday (Sunday, Jan 5) Riley and I started the morning with a bit of food prep for later in the day. After that I chatted with a few folks back home, walked down to Ogilby Road to meet Doug Laning (Miss Adventure Travels) to help guide him to the neighbourhood. Yuma was pretty excited! 

Yes we drove up here. 

 We didn't take the washed out road.

 We are heading back into the middle of the Cargo Muchacho Mountains.

So many different types of rock. The textures, colours and even the feel is so very different. Some welcome, others repel, and some are neither inviting nor threatening. 

 

 

Around 2:30 pm Riley and I loaded a few things into the Dogsled and drove the short distance to the Stinger Bee where Deb & Tom (Celebrating the Dance) are parked.  We sat around chatting for a bit before friends Elva & Jerry Shannon arrived and just after that Doug & Yuma drove up as well. A happy hour lunch/visit enjoyed by all, lasted until after the sun sank behind the western horizon. Lots of laughter, a few stories, maybe a little taller tale here and there but it's true, RV'ers are such wonderful people. Back home I had a quick chat with my dad and decided I was too tired to do a blog. 

 

 

 I love the views, and never tire of them. We took the road you see down there on the left and then it curves out toward the center of the photo. It then drops down into a wash which I show a bit later on in the photos.

 We turned around up here at the top and went back down the same way. We couldn't get out if we had continued down the path and would have had to turn at the bottom anyway.

I thought you might like a nice photo of your Jeep Miss Elva. 

 

 

This morning (Monday, Jan 6) Jerry drove up in Miss Elva's nice silver jeep right around 9 AM and he didn't miss the turn this time. Yeah Jerry!!! Jerry and I headed back past the open pit mine and points further off into the Cargo Muchacho Mountains. We visited a few old mines, looked in some holes, climbed some steep banks, splashed through dry washes and dropped down some steep paths. Over rocks, around the corners, up the hills, down the hills, on the road, off the road. We played in the sand for a while and we even enjoyed some water views along the All American Canal. It was a wonderful ride and I enjoyed it very much. 

 A very large gopher made this hole.

 

 

And we know that because a person couldn't even come close to standing up in there.

 

 

 I adjusted this photo so you could see how deep it is but it never gets any taller. Of course we didn't go into this gopher hole but it was interesting to see it.

 

 

Jerry is an excellent driver and a very knowledgeable fella. Thanks for taking me along Jerry, it was a great adventure!! Thanks Miss Elva for the jeep and the driver again. You are a sweetheart!! 

 

 Deep in the Cargo Muchacho Mountains.

 Can you see the mine entrance over there in the middle right of the photo?

The views are always amazing. I love the colour. 

 

Back home I had some lunch and read my book for a while. I think I may have closed my eyes a time or two but only for a quick peek at my eyelids, and there are no holes, I assure you. 

 We followed that little road for a while.

 Again I adjusted this photo so you can see how deep it is. This is straight down and we couldn't see the bottom. Notice the broken ladder on the right, I couldn't imagine climbing down there.

We traveled that road down there and if you look you will see the stone walls of an old building down there. No roof but the partial walls. I am standing just in front of the large mine shaft in the above photo, turning around I snapped this photo. 

 

 

A quick text or 5 from Deb and we were grabbing our chairs and drinks before walking over to the Stinger Bee for a quick but later happy hour. Doug & Yuma also dropped by to enjoy the chatter. Deb & Tom found us all a spot out of the wind and we talked until after the sun slid, once again behind the horizon. We do enjoy spending time with these folks, lots of laughs and easy chatter. 

 We came down there and made a left.

 So we could go this way...

And it was a bit bumpy. I took a short video of Jerry coming along there but I've never posted a video here and I'm quickly coming to the end of my blogging limit for tonight, so maybe I'll post it another time. 

 

Back home I edited photos and typed this post. I'm tired tonight and I think I'll sleep well, I did last night too. This may be getting to be a habit. 

 

Made it with a little slippin', slidin' and bumpin'. Good job Jerry. 

Do you recognize that mountain over there? I bet you do. It's Picacho Peak.

 We are now all the way thru the Cargo Muchacho Mountains and not far from the Valley of the Names.

 

 

Thanks for stopping by, I hope you all had a fantastic couple of days. 

 I never tire of the views. 

 I think this view is stunning. The colour difference is so eye catching.

 We played here in the sand for a while.

Again I adjusted this one a bit so you could see the natural hole here. The wind, rain and sun all helped to make this natural hole in a massive sand wall. 

 

Until next time... take care, be safe, 

 

 

                                                            

                                                I thought this was something stuck to the side of the tire.                                                     

 

But it isn't, it moves. 

 

 

Deb