Fathers Day in the desert

[photoman]

A small group of guys got together with kids and friends and spent Fathers Day in the Sonoran Desert SW of Phoenix. Our destination was the old stone house hidden in the Sierra Estrella mountains.

After a dusty then rocky trip the vehicles had to get parked and it was a moderate 3/4 mile hike up a draw to get to the house.

My son perched on the North wall of the stone house taking in the view.

View from the parking lot

Shane's Pathy coming down the hill

Two more of the 5 vehicles along on the trip

Rest of the photos were taken by my 10 year old son. :victory:

This member made a bad decision and I had to give him a little pull

He was looking for a short cut to here: Rainbow Rancho an old dirt airport out in the desert

Additional information about the old stone house.
http://www.sierraestrella.com/mine.html

I'll get better at posting these. No pictures of my ride- funny how that works when you give your kid a camera

 

[Outback]

Looks like you had a good time.

 

[R_Lefebvre]

Nice, I really envy you guys in the desert sometimes for all the cool old locations to go see. Up here, anything left unattended falls down pretty quick.

 

[AlabamaWill]

Its good to see people using their R50 off road instead of just on the pavement. I had one with full skid plate protection, it was a very capable vehicle. I went place that lifted vehicle went, I just used my skid plates ALOT!

 

[jeepmedic46]

Looks like you had a great fathers day.:smiley_drive: Your son took great pictures.:ylsmoke:

 

[photoman]

Nice, I really envy you guys in the desert sometimes for all the cool old locations to go see. Up here, anything left unattended falls down pretty quick.

Yeap- things stay around for a while in the desert. People are the problem- not the weather.

 

[photoman]

Looks like you had a great fathers day.:smiley_drive: Your son took great pictures.:ylsmoke:

Yeah- the little guy is a natural. Makes me a proud dad. He has earned some wall space in the house and has his own URL. www.TRNPhotos.com

He will be better than me before to long. :sombrero:



I like your signature line. So very true!!

 

[Pskhaat]

Nice, looks like the weekend worked well for most folks!

 

[RHINO]

last time i was there rainbow rancho was still open, got a cold drink from the shop actually. i didnt think access was still available, maybe i'll make a run out there sometime again soon.