3/7/2016 Topic: Anza Borrego Wildflower Update tomasphoto	Backpacked into Sheep Canyon a week ago and it was really green. Chuparosa blooming everywhere and many other flowers going off. Beavertails starting to bloom. Coyote Canyon was coming on strong with lilies, etc. Boulder Alley wasn't too bad. Water was all the way down to the Sheep Canyon Primitive Camp area. The sound of running water & canyon wrens is music for the soul. Tomás
3/29/2016 Topic: Domelands in the Coyote Mountains Wilderness tomasphoto	If you are talking about the turnoff just before entering the park(before the border patrol check point) going north on S2 from Ocotillo.....yes. It is the road going to what they now call the 'dome lands', we called it the wind swept caves. We used to backpack to the 'caves' make that a base camp and then pack into the Carrizo Impact area. This was back in the late 50s when I was in my teens....I'll be 69 in a few days. Before BLM closed the road at the mud hills, you could drive way back in there to almost below the caves. There was nothing back in there except some old mining claims. We would find posts with a tin cans attached and inside would be a description such as northwest corner of the so and so claim. There used to be tons of pristine solid sandstone fossils of clams, snails, sea urchins...you name it. I haven't been back there since say mid seventies or early 80s. It is a fascinating area, but it has been definitely been found. I see photos of the domes almost everywhere. If you follow the old road and stay left, you can take a wash all the way down to near the old stage station site. You will be just inside of the impact area. Tomás
3/29/2016 Topic: Vandalism on S22 tomasphoto	Does anyone know of any more vandalism on cars parked overnight on S22? I want to backpack up Smoke Tree Cyn and down Palo Verde and don't want to leave my truck near the pavement. I'm thinking of driving into Coachwhip and leaving my vehicle hidden in there. Any info would be appreciated! I take it the car that had its wheels taken was parked just off the pavement? Sorry about the short request for a reply(I am going tomorrow morning). Thanks in advance, Tomás
3/29/2016 Topic: Vandalism on S22 tomasphoto	Thanks!

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