Our ROCK Group

Here we are...the desert ROCK group...hmmm, maybe we need a name. Ben, the guy in the black t-shirt was our leader this day. We went north of I-10 through some of the La Paz Valley over hills, through gullies and washes and racing across the flats. The following picture I took while racing across the flats following Harv n Carol. Can you see them? Look real close...Carol has red on her helmet...LOL...They're that ball of dust right in the middle of the picture. Oh, in case you're wondering, the black on the side is Norman's helmet. Pretty nice picture for the bumpy ride we were on...Harv n Carol and Norman n I are the only ones in the group riding double on our quads. And we take turns being the drivers, because both Carol and I like to be in control...hee-hee

The dust...omigosh...the dust is awful. My sunglasses and the mouthpiece part of my helmet really keeps the dust out of my eyes and mouth pretty good. But a lot of the dust from our quad goes right up my back. My sweatshirt and helmet are desert brown shortly after beginning a ride. I just shook my clothes out each day, rolled them up and stuffed them in a corner til the next time. No use in putting on clean clothes before they begin to smell...

This particular ride we did almost 50 miles. We went from mine to mine and took a look see or picked up rocks. Carol and I came back with some pretty ones...natch...Norman and Harv think we need to pack a bag along just for our rocks, so they don't mess up the quad bags. Gees...Men!

This is a memorial to an old miner who lived south of our campsite for almost sixty years. I think they need a pink toilet, don't you, Earl? The old miner had tunneled all over the area. He reached them through a hole in his cabin floor. I'm sure he would have been a great character to know. (In case you can't recognise me, I'm the one in the black pants.)

We didn't go as far this ride, but did see the 'magic footprint' in the rock wash. Hmmmm, not so sure it's a footprint or just the way the rock eroded...lol. We took a couple pictures, but it doesn't show.

For you geocachers: There was a group of about 20 geocachers on quads at this spot, all newbies. They learned a little trick at the next cache. We found the 'magic footprint' cache, because we had the directions printed out. They didn't, because the coordinates pointed only to the footprint.