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| no partners | | It cannot get more perfect for me than to be in a new place; no people or established campsites, look out in the distance and decide to just walk over there. Then when I get there, maybe go over here. The sky and weather was another perfect piece. The road in was really interesting, mapped to a tank then a wildcat to connect to a more established route. Then suddenly graded; I expected a locked gate and ranch outpost but no, ended in a nice tank area with a large tree but that was it.
I car camped on a premium flat spot with a commanding view of a large basin. I picked out a couple of rocky outcrops and made my hike.
Part of this is what I call a "clean" desert, very little brush, and fast walking. The evening was nice and the early morning light even better, with storm clouds and sun playing tag. I ran across a large pottery shard scatter and spent some time there, then approached the first rock grouping. Also in the basin were some interesting berms-- no roads to them and no sign of any heavy equipment having been in here. From the first outcrop and went over to a second, found what seemed to be an old trail to a saddle that would take me around this next outcrop. At the saddle another pottery piece spread. I left what seemed to be the trail to traverse around the backside. Lovely area of rock and level spots, so beautiful I mused what it would be like to have a tiny house here. I kept on my loop and went into scramble mode to get back down to the large basin, which I was thinking now may have had some cultivation at one time. Back to the FJ without a hitch, and I must say this is the best spot so far I have found. No trash and no sign of use. |
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