Anza Borrego Day Trip 6-23

[Nuclear Redneck]

Katherine and I headed out to Anza Borrego State Park for a little off road action. We had a great time, only got misdirected once or twice. Spent about six hours running around. Entered from Imperial Highway just west of the Badlands overlook, went through Canyon sin Nombre, east along the creek bed towards the Carizo Impact area, turned around when we got to mud and water. Went back west along the creek bed and headed NW up the Arroyo Tapiado, cut over to the Arroyo Seco del Diablo and then dropped down to Fish Creek. Followed that up through Split Mountain, took a detour up a small hill and got on Split Mountain road and headed home.

Again the truck did good. I did manage to scrape the receiver hitch cover up, but that's it.

Here are a few pictures:

The creek bed

A Jack Rabbit

Another Jack Rabbit, we saw 6 or 7

Actually using the map

Lyle: Come on, boys! The way you're lollygaggin' around here with them picks and them shovels, you'd think it was a hundert an' twenty degree. Can't be more than a hundert an' eleven*.

*Blazing Saddles shamelessly edited for my purposes
Lots and lots of fun!

Cheers,

 

[off-kilter]

Ha! I am the wifey, and want to point out that I, the orientation-challenged one, had to ask, "Are you sure we're supposed to be going up the really scary looking hill to get out of here? The map looks a bit different here, don't you think? There are boarded up areas ... and rockfalls where the boards didn't hold!"

:yikes:

Still, it was very fun even if it felt like a convection oven at times.

 

[Pskhaat]

Cool, I look forward to doing that area sometime next Spring, I hope.

 

[cell4soul]

Great area for a day trip if you live in San Diego. I was out there in February when the temp's were still in the 80's and did a lot of the same trails. There are some fun little hikes as well, but not this time of the year.