Bear the Dog
02-20-2007, 16:19
Just got back from the desert this past weekend. We did an overnight 16 mi. hike in the mojave national preserve. Weather was perfect 75F low of 50F. Meaning we got it all. Clear sunny skies, wind, rain and some snow. We saw about 30 black tail jackrabbits and maybe 15 cows/bulls and just one coyote.
As far as the sights go there was a solitude that goes with the desert. The trail was burned over from recent fires and the trail blended with the 101 many washes so finding the trail felt like easter egg hunting for dirt. We were looking for a canyon called rings canyon. It was at the hole in the wall campground. It is a canyon of volcanic rocks with thousands of holes in the rock. It must be climbed out with some metal rings in the rocks to help. We also got to see some indian carvings on the rocks the next day. Mitchel Caverns was done on the way out. I will get to that later since there are so many pictures.
As far as the sights go there was a solitude that goes with the desert. The trail was burned over from recent fires and the trail blended with the 101 many washes so finding the trail felt like easter egg hunting for dirt. We were looking for a canyon called rings canyon. It was at the hole in the wall campground. It is a canyon of volcanic rocks with thousands of holes in the rock. It must be climbed out with some metal rings in the rocks to help. We also got to see some indian carvings on the rocks the next day. Mitchel Caverns was done on the way out. I will get to that later since there are so many pictures.