ttora4runner
Expedition Leader
On Saturday I meet up with BLKBLU (Mike) and Michael and his friend AL to run Red Cloud Mine Road/Clip Wash and Indain Pass Road. Finishing up camping at Picacho State Park. Micheal used this run to help shake down some of his GPS gear and communication toys. Pretty cool stuff.
The first stop off was Painted Canyon Trail to walk the 1.3 miles and enjoy the views. This area was the only traffic/people we ran into all day. Then it was back off to explore one of the mines before Red Cloud Mine with a stop for lunch, a little explore at Red Cloud Mine and then on out to Chibola National Wildlife Refuge.
The time on pavement was a nice break but was starting to put some of us to sleep. Until, we meet up with Indain Pass Road and the wash board road once again. Again, the only other vehicle we meet on this trail a Jeep Wrangler from Alaska (snowbird)right before you descend into the was. As we got closer to Park we where passed by two Border Patrol SUV doing baja speed though the wash (I wonder where they were coming from, hum).
The plan for the night was to camp at the 4S beach campsite but upon arrival we found the campsite too be filled with a small group and a not to friendly individual (I think the beer in hand had something to do with it). So it was off to the Outpost campsite just north of 4S.To our joy we had the campsite area to outselves and picked out the prime spot of the area right in the area.
Good times were had that moonless night around the campfire sharing stories and some embrassing moments. The moon did final appear in the middle of night stirring some of us awake. The final trip out today consited of a stop at Bear Falls and a jaunt around the campsite areas in Picacho then right on out and too lunch at a Mexican Resturant in Yuma right by IHOP (the food was good but the service kind of stunk). Thanks again for lunch Michael.
Hopefully, my ranting made since.
Anyone how on to the photos (some of them came out kind of wierd even though the were taken in subsession).
Expedition type shot of Michael's Tacoma:
Camp for the night and a few views of the sunset. The campsite shot came out kind of weird even though they were taken in subsession.
Sunrise in the morning looking out of my 4runner:
The first stop off was Painted Canyon Trail to walk the 1.3 miles and enjoy the views. This area was the only traffic/people we ran into all day. Then it was back off to explore one of the mines before Red Cloud Mine with a stop for lunch, a little explore at Red Cloud Mine and then on out to Chibola National Wildlife Refuge.
The time on pavement was a nice break but was starting to put some of us to sleep. Until, we meet up with Indain Pass Road and the wash board road once again. Again, the only other vehicle we meet on this trail a Jeep Wrangler from Alaska (snowbird)right before you descend into the was. As we got closer to Park we where passed by two Border Patrol SUV doing baja speed though the wash (I wonder where they were coming from, hum).
The plan for the night was to camp at the 4S beach campsite but upon arrival we found the campsite too be filled with a small group and a not to friendly individual (I think the beer in hand had something to do with it). So it was off to the Outpost campsite just north of 4S.To our joy we had the campsite area to outselves and picked out the prime spot of the area right in the area.
Good times were had that moonless night around the campfire sharing stories and some embrassing moments. The moon did final appear in the middle of night stirring some of us awake. The final trip out today consited of a stop at Bear Falls and a jaunt around the campsite areas in Picacho then right on out and too lunch at a Mexican Resturant in Yuma right by IHOP (the food was good but the service kind of stunk). Thanks again for lunch Michael.
Hopefully, my ranting made since.
Anyone how on to the photos (some of them came out kind of wierd even though the were taken in subsession).
Expedition type shot of Michael's Tacoma:
Camp for the night and a few views of the sunset. The campsite shot came out kind of weird even though they were taken in subsession.
Sunrise in the morning looking out of my 4runner:
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