The southern area of Anza Borrego or as I like to call it, “the forgotten side” of Anza Borrego is often overlooked when it comes to desert flower season. Desert flower seekers tend to frequent the well-known locales near Borrego…
Hiking to the remote Carrizo Palms
Hiking to the remote Carrizo Palms in southern Anza Borrego
Carrizo-Gorge-Railway-Hike
We took a quick overnight trip out to Anza Borrego to hike the tracks a bit and explore the Indian Hill area. I had not been out to the southern Anza Borrego desert since they started construction of the Ocotillo…
Summer Sand Angels in the Anza Borrego Desert
If you really want to escape the summer beach crowds of San Diego, but still want to play in the sand, you could always take a 2+ hour drive east to the Anza Borrego Desert. Our motivation was simple, June…
Spring hike to the Goat Canyon Trestle in Carrizo Gorge
Tucked away in the southern end of the Anza Borrego Desert is an engineering marvel that, due to its’ remoteness, has only been viewed by a relatively small number of people. The Goat Canyon Trestle was built in 1932 after…
The hunt for the elusive Carrizo Gorge pictographs
Deep in the rugged expanse of Carrizo Gorge in the Anza Borrego desert, there is a small cave of pictographs that few have ever seen. The area is surrounded by large unstable mountains, choked with catclaw, and littered with large…
Railroad Construction Camp in Anza Borrego
Join us as we find an old railroad construction camp deep in the Anza Borrego Desert Our trip began with a late afternoon stop at the Lazy Lizard desert bar in Ocotillo. Mary and I had planned to head straight…
Hiking To The Line Shack In Rockhouse Canyon
Join us as we search for the hidden cattleman’s line shack of Rockhouse Canyon in the Carrizo Gorge Wilderness I read about a spot called RockHouse Canyon so I convinced Mary to take a trip out to Anza Borrego to…