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| Hiking | 2.60 Miles |
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| | Hiking | 2.60 Miles | 3 Hrs 20 Mns | | 2.00 mph |
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| no partners | | Vinegaroon – A creature that looks like, but is not a scorpion. A vinegaroon's tail is long and skinny, and this cute creature has no venom to defend itself from predators.
Instead, this carnivore aims its tail at an enemy's face and sprays a blast of acid that reeks of…..vinegar.
Ergo the name of the creature.
Why did the surveyors call the benchmark this name? Who knows.
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I have hiked in this area many times (far west and south of I-10), and on many of those longer, tougher hikes, I tried to squeeze in enough time to include this short Vinegaroon Benchmark hike.
I never had time, so for my first jaunt out in the wild desert this season, I finally did Vinegaroon.
My latest road data said the last road in - was not drivable, so I planned for a longer hike, that would include alot of 'road hiking' - It turns out the last road was fine, so I drove almost to where the azimuth mark was set.
It was a very nice, sunny, 'in-the-60s' day, with little wind.
No, I did not come across any vinegroons, or any other creatures.
Maybe I'll go online and buy a vinegaroon as a pet  |
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Not All Those Who Wander Are Lost
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