Roughneck Rendezvous III

January 28, 2012, 10:38 pm

Ocotillo Wells SVRA

The Roughneck Rendezvous III is a geocaching event held at the Ocotillo Wells State Vehicle Recreation Area. Several of my geocaching friends spoke highly of it, having attended the one last year. It was ostensibly the reason I made the long trip south.

Since activities began at 7 am, we agreed to […]

January 28th, 2012 | Category: Geocaching | 3 comments

Hiking Mecca’s Painted Canyon

January 27, 2012, 9:17 pm

Peering down into the slot canyon

Near the north end of the Salton Sea is the little community of Mecca (sorry, despite what you may have thought from the headline, I did not take a hike in Saudi Arabia), and just a few miles east on a dirt road is the trailhead for Painted Canyon. […]

January 27th, 2012 | Category: Geocaching, Outdoors | Leave a comment

Hiking on the beginning of section C of the Pacific Crest Trail

January 26, 2012, 9:57 pm

Caches on PCT section C starting at Cottonwood Canyon trailhead

From a geocaching perspective, there is an interesting section of the Pacific Crest Trail (PCT) that begins just north of I10 near Cabezon. My goal for the day was to start at daybreak from the Cottonwood Canyon trailhead and hike north as far as […]

January 26th, 2012 | Category: Geocaching, Outdoors | Leave a comment
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