Blue Bullet Birthday Weekend

Nov 8th, 2008

A quick, easy getaway (HAH!) to the desert with with Tom S. and Ritchie. Pamela G. drove up later for some hiking and desert time!

This is Coachwhip Canyon east of Borrego Springs, one of my favorite secluded getaways.

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Camp Spot

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Sunday morning above camp

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ditto

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Ritchie Hike #1

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natural evolution

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Ritchie Hike #2

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this picture deserves a cute caption

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RCA dog

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one of many stone arrangements

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and elaborate cairns

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another

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Ritchie hike #3; I'll do anything for a treat

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Impossible Canyon

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I did it!

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Up on the ridge

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Overlook

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Ritchie hike #4

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Badlands

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A good place to put a geocache

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Geocache preparation

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Trinket selection

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I'll do anything for a treat

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A Pam mud canyon pose

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Mud cliffs close

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Mud cliffs 2

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yin and yang