Talk about a trip you took out to Anza Borrego
Coyote Mountains
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tommy750 Posts: 1040
5/7/2012
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Decided to drive out to the Elliott Dolomite Mine since I've driven by it a hundred times and never stopped. According to Chris Wray's book, dolomite was big in the early '50s as roofing decorative rock. Was hauled to Dos Cabezas and shipped out by train.
Dolomite Mine by tomteske, on Flickr
This looks like the stuff on every roof in Sun City.
Dolomite by tomteske, on Flickr
Climbed up the dirt road above the mine and ended up at Mine Peak.
Mine Benchmark by tomteske, on Flickr
The register had comments back to 1996.
Mine Peak by tomteske, on Flickr
Mine Peak Register2 by tomteske, on Flickr
Looks like it was a little hotter last May. Was only 91 when I started at about 1700.
Mine Peak Register by tomteske, on Flickr
Saw a Tarantula Hawk searching a bunch of holes for baby food. Didn't find what it was looking for. Did witness a successful attack down in Baja a few years back. The hawk was ferocious. The sting is supposedly the worst ever.
Tarantula Hawk2 by tomteske, on Flickr
Tarantula Hawk by tomteske, on Flickr
Tarantula Hawk3 by tomteske, on Flickr
Cross overlooking Carrizo Badlands.
Cross by tomteske, on Flickr
Farther south, came across the Mother of All Ducks.
Mother Duck by tomteske, on Flickr
This number is listed as a cell phone in Palm Desert. Took the last four off because it looks like a kid. Any thing you want me to text this person, Daren?
Call if Found by tomteske, on Flickr
Time to head back.
Carrizo Badlands by tomteske, on Flickr
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