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dsefcik

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1/12/2015

dsefcik

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Tom and I did a quick single overnight backpack up into the Fish Creek Mtns. According to the ABDSP visitor map there are a lot of areas you can explore in the Fish Creek Mtns that won't take you into the Carrizo Impact Area which is closed to public access. We hiked around the Fish and Eagle peaks area which is BLM territory. Pretty interesting area, you can find old mining sites and some old artillery shrapnel buried into the hillsides.

Sunset near the railroad tracks

Checking my maps while I was waiting for Tom to show up

Fish Peak in the distance

Spotted some balloons way off in the distance, as I hiked over to get them they blew away off into the opposite direction

But ultimately I got them...at the expense of Tom taking a break and waiting for me to go scale another ridge to get them

Lots of remains of the mining efforts in those hills are still there

You can find left over artillery and shrapnel in the hills

There are several pieces of shrapnel in this photo, can you find them? The rusted color of the steel blends right in with the natural desert patina of the boulders

Sunrise before we head to go back to the trucks

Total Mylar Balloons this trip - 13

Tom has a few good photos also, hopefully he will post them

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