TRIPTRIPREPORTSREPORTSMojave Noodle

by Ann Fulton

EENTHUSIASTS EXTRAORDINAIRE. SUNNY ANDJean Hansen have found a number ofsecret places over the years, sometimes by

picking up on the vaguest of information andthen exploring diligently until they located aparticular site and sometimes serendipitouslybecause some spot looked to them as thoughsomething of interest could be there. Theirfinds plus the finds, and recentresearch, of leaders Bob andSue Jaussaud made this a veryspecial trip. “Our” public lands. Bob

and Sue put an inestimableamount of time and effort intoorganizing the trip. That effortwas redoubled when theylearned last minute that orga-nized groups entering theMojave National Preserve arerequired to obtain a permit, nosmall part of which is present-ing a certificate of insurancefor $1 million naming theNational Park Service as addi-

tional insured and paying a fee starting at $50!Good grief! In spite of all this nonsense, every-one involved was very cooperative. NancyDodds of our Mojave River Valley Museum handcarried the proof of insurance to the BLM officein Barstow, and the fee was waived since wequalify as an educational group. We didn’t thinkwe could skip the permit and maintain any sem-blance of invisibility with Charles and Mary’sbright yellow, big-shouldered Hummer in ourmidst (that’s one hunky SUV).Wagon train protocol. A big part of lead-

ing a successful trip is timing. The Jaussaudshappened to time the trip when the desert waslooking its greenest, and they had the logisticsall worked out so we’d have ample time to seeeverything on the itinerary - Sue made sure of it.This is not so easy when there are 13 vehiclesand 24 participants altogether. John Pageagreed to sweep and keep anyone from strag-gling. The rest of us lucky trippers includedBetty Wallin and Don Sweinhart, Susan andElwood Berry, Emily (we were glad to see herafter a long absence from our outings) and PatMurphy, Mary and Charles Hughes, NancyMacLean and Ron Ross, Ana Romero, theFriedmans (Leonard, Rebecca, and 2-year-oldHannah, a little charmer the whole trip), Alanand Ding Wicker, Ken Sears, and John and AnnFulton. From the take-off point on Essex Road

In this issue:• Mojave Noodle 1• Trip Schedule 2• New Subscribers 3• Peg Leg Smith Liar’s Contest 4• Next Meeting 4• Future Trips 5• MOE Arizona Strip Trip 6• Meeting Minutes 7• Catching up 8• All about pop-ups cont. 9• E-mail list 10• Fine print 10• Leader list 11• Subscription Apps. 11

DESERT NO. 98 MAY2004

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Issue Number 98Photo by Allan Wicker

Don’t take John too high Hannah!

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and I-40 at 9 a.m. Saturday to leave-takingabout 3:30 p.m. Sunday in Daggett, it wasa jam-packed weekend.The documented sites. In the

Providence Mountains, across a valleyfrom the Blair 7IL Ranch, we visited theold Bonanza King Mine and site ofProvidence - 500 residents at one time.The mine was a heavyweight producer ofsilver beginning in 1880 and, with severalrevivals of operation, ending in the1920’s. We crossed Foshay Pass, notingthe names of several springs that werelifesavers for historic travelers, includingFather Francisco Garcés in 1776 (he wasthe first white man to visit this region).After a steep 4-low climb that elevated theold adrenaline, we had a tailgate lunch onthe outskirts of the Vulcan Mine. TheVulcan is an abandoned hole in theground of gigantic proportions; it’s steepsided and way, way down to water cover-ing the bottom. It was active during WorldWar II supplying iron ore to the steel millin Fontana. Excellent details on theseplaces are in Dennis Casebier’s EastMojave Heritage Trail: Rocky Ridge toFenner. Bob and Sue provided additionalinformation over the CB.Off the beaten track. Sunny and Jean

took over a couple of times during the dayto show us their discovery exclusives.First they led us up an obscure canyon fullof surprises - mysterious petroglyphs(with a couple of unusual configurationsthey called “waterbabies”), a tinaja (per-haps manmade) at the toe of a cliff, astunning and sizable arch perched part-way up a steep slope. This canyon was

notable for othernatural features -an abundance ofunusually healthyyuccas, creosote,and cacti - barrel,staghorn, hedge-hog, and beaver-tail. Not a place tobe clumsy. We sawchukars. We sawbutterflies - severalspecies.The next Hansen

destination waseven more remote.As we walked upthe overgrown,bou lde r- s t r ewnremnants of abarely discernableold road, we sawtwo remarkablecaves, each acces-sible only by steepscrambling. Thetall, yawning aper-ture on the northside of the canyonlooked big enoughfor an 18-wheeler,if an 18-wheelercould fly. It isfronted by brushand boulders andamazingly curvessome distance intothe mountain. Onepictograph of a“waterbaby” and afew carved nameswith early 1900’sdates are on thewalls. The cave onthe south side ofthe canyon is lessimposing frombelow but bearsevidence of aborigi-nal habitation inthe form of mid-dens, a metate, and a petroglyph.Circling the wagons. Our campsite

was to be in the Bristol Mountains on thesouth side of I-40 out of the preserve. Suespied bladderpod, a bushy plant withdroopy yellow blossoms, as we spedalong Kelbaker Road. After crossingunder the interstate, we turned west onto

a pipeline road, following the HeritageTrail, bypassing the old Orange BlossomMine, and eventually turning southtoward Bagdad. Besides enjoying theglow of the lowering sun, we began to betreated to drifts of bright magentaBigelow’s Monkeyflowers in gravellywashes and distinctive brittlebush with its

Desert ExplorersTrip Schedule

May 8-9 Granite Mtns. Hill

May 15-16 Newman Cabin Page

May 22-23 Land sail - El Mirage Martin

July 3-5 Coyote Flats Sears

August 7-9 Bodie Back Roads Martin

October 16-17 Pahrump Petroglyphs Martin

DonÕt miss the Mojave RiverValley Museum Annual BBQ

and Family picnic

Photo by Allan WickerMary, Bob and Charles on a stroll

Photo by Allan WickerEntrance to Muir/Funk Mansion

Digital photo by Bob Jaussaud3 hats, 3 sunglasses and 2 1/2 beards

intense yellow blossoms sticking abovethe body of the plant on skinny, leaflessstems. We stopped on a broad saddle ofdesert-varnished rocks with lots of roomto park and lots of fire circles from previ-ous campers (we’re good “Tread Lightly”4WD’ers).On a serious note. Good potlucks

are a tradition with thought and prep timeevident in many contributions. We alwayslook forward to any potluck where Dingis in attendance. She never fails to pro-duce a hearty, beautifully-prepared maindish that we can’t wait to dig into. Therewere several homemade desserts, includ-ing Mary’s you-can’t-eat-just-one cookiesand Nancy’s sinful brownies. We learn all

sorts of thingsover wine andcheese. Ron Rossand Pat Murphytalked JPL shop.Ana’s little blackdog has a nightlight.Our happy hourcum potluck sortof segued rightinto the DesertExplorers’ camp-fire camaraderieand stimulating,intellectual explo-rations of topics of

major import. After a recent Wall StreetJournal article about everyone’s favoriteMattel girl-toy/boy-toy duo, everyone’sthoughts naturally ran to the perplexingbreakup of Barbie and Ken. Our Nancy(she’s a head honcho in quality-assur-ance engineering at Mattel) was impor-tuned to divulge the inside story.Apparently, poor Ken has been befuddledand bewildered with fickle Barbie flittingfrom one persona to another ad infinitum- nurse, stewardess, model, beach babe,motorcycle mama, et al. And, apparently,consumer consternation knew nobounds when Mattel came out with preg-nant Barbie. Well, Ken obviously hadnothing to do with it - he wasn’t in thebox with Barbie and baby - so it musthave been either an immaculate concep-tion or blatant promiscuity. Ken was atloose ends. What role could befall Ken? He’d

already attempted several reincarnationsof his own, including an unexpectedlyprovocative Tarzan - Nancy assured usthat a certain quality of that one mightarouse customer sensibilities. Our ever-alert and socially-conscious group, ofcourse, offered lots of very creative sug-gestions for resuscitating Ken, including,but not limited to, finding a companion ofa new sexual persuasion. The possibilitiesproved fertile ground for elaboration farinto the night.Touring the new “condo.” Leave it

to Ken Sears to provide us with colorfullabels for things around us. Sundaymorning the Hansens gave us a tour oftheir new Northstar popup camper(condo) on their new Toyota Tacoma -sheer luxury to those of us still roughingit. We’re all a little envious, I think - at

least I think I saw a slight green aura overall, but maybe it was just green as invisions of dollar bills. Way to go Sunnyand Jean! Now what do we give up to getone?Trails and treasures. We saw

dozens more blooming plants en route toDaggett. Sue and Betty are our “in-house”wildflower identifiers. Sue had found alone desert five-spot at the site of Trojanon Dish Hill when she and Bob scoutedour route a week earlier; more hadappeared for us to see. Some flowers Iknew on my own (maybe - tidytips, cre-osote (the tiny yellow flowers blend rightinto the tiny leaves), desert pincushion,indigo bush. Betty helped me with desertcalico, cryptantha, brown-eyed primrose(all over the place once you know what tolook for), burro bush, cheesebush,desert holly, desert mustard, fiddlenecks.And there were even a few more Betty wasgoing to look up later in her new color-coded field guide to Mojave wildflowers.We followed the Burlington Northern-

Santa Fe Railroad tracks for some miles,stopping at the site of Bagdad, stoppingfor Bob to show us some discarded glassinsulators (one, an intact petticoat stylemade by H.G. Co., dated May 3, 1893).We took several interesting jogs onragged pavement and dirt segments of theold National Trails Highway and on oldRoute 66, bypassed in 1973 with I-40.We stopped at an early 1900’s campsitewhere Bob and Sue had seen a 1914 glasscream bottle the previous week. Westopped at a site of massed stones nearAsh Hill that the Jaussauds believe to bethe grave of Chinese railroad workersfrom the late 1800’s (Bob and Sue hadsearched out the spot using sketchy infor-mation from an old Desert Magazine arti-cle Sue had read).Putting on the dog. Daggett is rustic

- lots of history there. The DaggettMuseum is closed for renovations, but,when Sue phoned about our group visit-ing, they opened especially for us. We allenjoyed the museum, finding particularinterest in the framed news articles abouthistorical events in Daggett and the

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Please welcomeJoann Kovaleski DaggettChristine Urabach Long beach

Digital photo by Bob JaussaudMiners they are not!

Digital photo by Bob Jaussaud

Bonanza King mine ruin

Mojave. Many thanks to volunteers Larryand Beryl, and they graciously answeredour many questions. Half of us ate lunchat a park adjoining the museum and vis-ited the museum and old buildingsaround town while the other half hadtheir tour of the Muir-Funk mansion, andthen we switched places. No dogs wereallowed on the grounds of the mansion orin the museum, so just about everyonehad a turn at dog care - some more natu-rally than others. We all thought Elwoodlooked most cosmopolitan and debonairwalking the dog while Ana was gone.The mansion was built by the daughter

of John Muir and husband Buel Funk in1916 (the use of redwood for the massivebeams in the living room and dining roomceilings and in walls and cabinetry mustsurely have Daddy Muir spinning in hisgrave). It’s always a pleasure to see his-toric structures up close and personal;this one comes not only with an interest-ing past but with a new transformation tosuit the needs and dictates of the currentowners, the Augustan Society, Inc.It’s difficult to describe the pursuits of

the Augustans with any brevity - theirinterest is concentrated on research overa broad range of disciplines. Their mem-bers publish a number of monographsannually as well as a periodical featuringvarious articles. The group’s web pagelists international genealogy, history, her-aldry, and chivalry, but they also have acorner devoted to an exhaustive accumu-lation of published materials and pho-tographs on rock art. Each of variousrooms in the mansion is devoted to onesubject or another with artifacts collec-tions and libraries relevant to that onetheme (one room is devoted to AmericanIndians). The closet in each former bed-room houses a miniature office set upwith computer equipment to facilitateresearch. They add subjects wheneveradditional libraries and materials are

donated to them. Outsiders may use theirresources for a fee. It’s a fascinating jewelof a place. Bob and Sue discovered it bydriving by one day; Sue took down thephone number for following up. As itturns out, the society is discontinuingtours, and we were the last group they aretaking. Now that’s timing!�Pegleg Smith Liar’s

Contestby Sally Kinsey and Bob Day

LLATE AFTERNOON FRIDAY, APRIL 2nd; TRIPLeader John Page met Bob Day andSally Kinsey at his camp near Pegleg

Smith’s Monument. A little while later, Viand Robert Floth joined us for a pleasantcampfire. Early Saturday we addedMarilyn and Bob Martin plus Ding andAllan Wicker, so a party of 5 vehiclesheaded out for a leisurely tour throughthe elegant twists and turns of InspirationWash then over to Font’s Point for a beau-tiful although cloudy view of the Badlands.We continuedthrough the washesto curving BorregoMountain Wash andthe Slot for a nicelyshaded lunchtimestop. After lunchwe had an intrigu-ing and sometimessideways walkthrough the verynarrow canyonwalls.We explored

Bank Wash androlling PumpkinPatch Trail, which

we shared with dirt bikes and quads, tosee the famous concretions - thenthrough Tule Wash and lovely Basin Washup smoke tree lined Palo Verde Wash toShort Wash and lively Thimble Trail topavement.Much of the day was overcast with dark

clouds overhead. We enjoyed a generousand tasty potluck. Then we headed for thePegleg Smith Liar’s Contest. The taleswere far-fetched, some extreme, somefunny, few believable. One enterprisingauthor described how satellite photos andimage processing have been used to mapPegleg’s travels in the 1800’s by detectingfoot and peg impressions. Midwaythrough the contest, rain interrupted usand sent us scurrying back to camp.On Sunday morning, we headed out

with six vehicles to move the Days’ vancamper to the site for the next night’scamp, Blair Valley. By leaving the vanbehind, we took care of the 10% loss fac-tor for the trip and left us with 5 vehiclesagain.Our Sunday exploring included a stop

at Box Canyon, site of part of theButterfield Stage route revealing a taste ofthe difficult travel in those early days. Atthe Vallecito Stage Station, we saw aruggedly intact adobe buildingWe left pavement again at Carrizo

Canyon, a modern day immigrant trailcomplete with periodic desert waterkiosks labeled “agua” in bright blue andwhite letters. Several participated in ashort hike.We then drove down Mortero Wash to

Dos Cabezas where the 1919 San Diegoand Arizona Eastern Railroad is beingrenovated for an imminent reopening asthe Carrizo Gorge Railway. Then back to

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Next MeetingMarian & Neal Johns’Thursday May 6, 2004

6:00 p.m.Be There!!

Marian says: "Join us for anevening with friends, and pigout on taco salad and nachos.BYOB. Sodas will be supplied."

Visit DesertExplorers on the

Web!See more pictures and in

color!http://desertexplorers.org Digital photo by John Page

Slot canyon lunch break

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camp for another delicious potluck fol-lowed by a warm campfire (thanks to theMartins for bringing the required metalfire container - an old smudgepot base).On Monday morning a few hardy souls

braved a hike to the pictographs in Blair

Canyon. Afterward, everyone headed forhome except John Page, Bob Day andSally Kinsey who ventured up RodriguezCanyon. We got up the first gnarly climb,but then on an “easy” turn around arocky corner, Bob Day caught a valve

stem on a pointyrock, causing aninstant flat tire.This in itself wasn’tso much of a prob-lem, but one of thelug nuts on thewheel refused tobe removed,b e c o m i n g“stripped” in theprocess. Severalhours of hammer-ing, LiquidWrench, torchapplication etc,finally overcamethe recalcitrant lugnut.After an easyreturn to pave-ment, we headedto Agua CalienteHot Springs for avery pleasant soakin the hot waterbefore endinganother one ofJohn Page’s greattrips.�

FutureFutureTripSTripS

All trips require a four-wheel drive vehicle and aworking CB unless otherwisespecified by the trip leader.Non-complying vehicles willnot be allowed on trips.Leaders may authorize a vari-ance at their discretion.

Granite MountainsWork partyMay 8-9 2004Leader: Vicki Hill

CB: 13

SSATURDAY, WILL BE A WORKDAY AT THESweeney Granite Mountains DesertResearch Center. Those who are will-

ing to do clean up, painting or some smallmaintenance/ construction work can joinus. We will be camping nearby in thebeautiful Granite Mountains, share acampfire and potluck dinner.David Lee, the Steward for the Center

will be showing us sites in the area onSunday. Bring your work boots, glovesand a willing attitude. No dogs areallowed.Contact Vicki Hill to save you a place

on this trip. �

Goler CanyonPrivate TripMay 15 - 16

Leader: John PageCB: 13

HHALLETT NEWMAN, HOLDER OF THE MIN-ing claim near the Newman Cabinin Goler Canyon, lives in Arkansas.

He found our website about a year agoand has invited us to join him and hisfamily and friends while they return tovisit the cabin and mine and to reminisce

Digital photo by John PageSally inspects the morteros

Digital photo by John PageSlot canyon lunch break

Digital photo by John PageWhen all else fails - EAT LUNCH!

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about the old days in Panamint Valley. We will meet in Trona on the morning

of Saturday, May 15, and drive to theNewman Cabin where we will meet Hallettand his group. That afternoon we plan toexplore the upper end of Goler Canyon,including the Meyers and Barker ranchsites, and possibly run through MengelPass into Death Valley. A potluck dinner atthe cabin will precede a campfire whereHallett will tell us about being a youngman in the desert “way back when.” The trip will split up on Sunday, with

some returning home and some stayingthrough Sunday night to return onMonday. Contact John Page if you are interested

in joining this unusual trip. �

Land SailingMay 22 - 23Private Trip

Leader: Bob MartinCB: 33

TTHE LAND SAILING SPEED RECORD ISsomething around 100 mph. Theold land sailers I have will do well to

get up to 30 mph, but sitting six inchesabove the ground makes it feel like 200.So if you like speed, or at least the sensa-tion of it, come join me at El Mirage drylake. For safety reasons children who wish

to ride in the land sailers MUST wearbicycle helmets or the equivalent. DogsMUST be leashed at all times. NoExceptions! Goggles, if you have some, and gloves

will make riding or sailing in the sailersa lot more comfortable. They are fun andeasy to sail, and I will help get you started. Send e-mail or SASE for map of loca-

tion. �

Coyote Flats(south end) 10,000

ft. elev.July 3 - 5

Leader: Ken SearsCB: 13

HHIKING, FISHING, EXPLORING, OR JUSTrelaxing. We will meet at Big Pineon Saturday at 11 a.m. and return

to Bishop early Monday so the workingpeople have a chance to beat the crowdsreturning to Los Angeles.To sign up, contact Ken Sears the old-

fashioned way with a SASE. SASEs will bereturned in late June.Pets only with Leader’s permission.

�Good-by God.We’re going to

Bodieor

Good! By God we’re going

to BodieAugust 7 - 9

Leaders: Marilyn & BobMartinCB: 33

TTHAT PARAPHRASES WHAT A LITTLE GIRLwas said to have written about mov-ing to a new, wicked, raw mining

camp in Eastern California.

Bodie is now a California State Park,and is one of the better preserved ghosttowns as a result. It is at 8400’ andshould be comfortable at this time ofyear. We will also visit Aurora founded in1860, remote enough that bothCalifornia and Nevada claimed it. Thedispute resulted in it being governed byofficials from both states until 1863when a survey determined it to be inNevada. Dogtown, Copper Mountain,

Star Cilty, Belfort and Masonic are othersites we may visit. Meeting location andtime will be sent to the first 10 to sign updue to limited campsite space.

�Pahrump Petros

October 16 - 17Leaders: Bob & Marilyn

MartinCB: 33

TTHERE ARE TWO CANYONS WITH PETRO-glyphs just east of Pahrump. I wasshown one of them by friends in

Pahrump and the other by the Stolls. Thefirst is accessed by a very rocky roughroad. On the way there is a side canyonwith a large cabin and spring we will visit.We plan to the spend the night at the pet-roglyph site so we can get pictures withmorning and evening sun.With enough time we may visit the

unusual museum west of Johnnie andDevils Hole and Ash Meadows.Write or e-mail me to sign up and get

meeting instructions�

Mohave OutbackExplorations’Arizona Strip

May 22 - 30Leader: Dan Messersmith

BBUFFALO HAYDEN AND I WILL BE LEADINGananother trip into the Arizona Stripfrom May 22 to May 30, 2004. We

have identified a new area to explore. Wewill be covering the roads and trails of thenorthwest section of the Strip.The area has lots of roads and trails to

explore with a broad variety of scenery

Life isnÕt like a box ofchocolates, itÕs more like ajar of jalapenos. What youdo today, might burn your

ass tomorrow.

DDeesseerrtt EExxpplloorreerrssNewsletter

Editor: Bob MartinAsst. Editors: Marilyn Martin,Marian & Neal Johns

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including canyons with spectacular cliffformations, a vast range of scenic views,open desert with creosote bushes tostands of Joshua trees, pinion pines toponderosa pines, sand dunes and sandywashes, rocky trails and dirt roads. Thereis lots of evidence of past Indian inhabita-tion, and we will be on the lookout forpast settlements and perhaps some shel-ter caves. There are several mountainranges in the area with interesting trailsup into and through them.The “planned” site for a base camp

will be off BLM route 1004, some mileswest of Wolf Hole, and approximately 30to 35 miles from St. George, UT andreachable by motorhome or campingtrailer. (The good roads and nearness ofSt. George should allow Stu Nichols tomake several trips in for his favorite con-crete confection.) This trip WILL NOT take us to the North

Rim overlooks of past trips, but you won’tbe disappointed with the scenery you willsee.Buffalo will leave from Kingman on

Saturday May 22 with people joining himat Kingman or along the way.I will be going in on Friday, May 21 to

finalize a base camp area. Folks may joinme in that effort if you like. I will meetBuffalo and his group at Wolf Hole onSaturday to direct them to base camp.We will continue the traditions of

campfire potlucks and plan for three. Oneon Saturday night of our arrival, anotheron Tuesday night and the third on Fridaynight. We will attempt to have our daytrips done by no later than 4 p.m. eachday with cocktails and snacks around thefire shortly after.If you want to go, please e-mail me for

details, or send me a SASE. �

Meeting MinutesBy Debbie Miller

Debbie Miller’s houseMarch 11, 2004

“You can lead a horse to water, but youcan’t make it drink” they say. In this case,you can give detailed directions to theEditor, but you can’t make him printthem. Or at least all of them. That’s anEditor’s job; he edits. So if you had trou-ble finding my house in San Dimas…

PRESENT:Present and accounted for were Bob &

Sue Jaussaud, Nan Savage, Neal & MarianJohns, Bob & Marilyn Martin, John Page,Ken Sears, and myself.CALL TO ORDER:The meeting was called to order at

6:45 by Bob Jaussaud. The minutes of thelast meeting were read while everyone lis-tened intently and munched pizza. Asidefrom a few spelling corrections, JohnPage moved to accept the minutes, BobMartin seconded, and the minutes wereapproved.REPORTS:Newsletter:

Bob Martin declared that the nextnewsletter was full up, except he wantedsome interesting photos. Attendees wereprodded for their photographic genius.

Subscriptions:

Marilyn Martin reports we have a totalof 134 subscriptions: 128 are current, 8are past due.

Treasurer:

Ken Sears showed up with his hippyattempt at a beard or disguise. He says he“likes to walk on the wild side”. Hereports that the treasury has $4,370.00.At that point, the pizza bill was settled;Marilyn began to sing a joyful churchhymn when Jaussaud reminded us thatcheap entertainment at the Rondy waseasy if we could provide some Helium.

Website:

The word is getting out on the website!We have gained new members because ofit. Just recently we gained 2 new membersof DE that tapped into the site. John Pagepassed out some nifty DE business cardsthat we all could use in soliciting andrecruiting new victims. Talk to John if youwant some cards, they’re cool. “He’s donegood”!Future Trips:

John Page announced that the pro-posed Hunter Mountain trip for Springwas dead. This could not be helped, andrest assured that John will continue toTrailmaster in the future. Bob Jaussaud’sOwens Valley Petros trip has been pen-ciled in for the second week in June.Officially, Bob Jaussaud’s Goat Canyon

Trestle trip was foiled by the running oftrains over the old route. Apparently, atrain was run through; though the Trestleproved sound, the train was almost toobig to fit in the manually-dug wood-linedtunnels. It even touched the sides! Withthat idea shelved, Bob has revamped thetrip and shifted into the Mojave NationalPreserve, where the wildflowers arepromising. He was excited as the tripleaves in a few days. Then there was muchbanter about where exactly was Ash HillRoad vs. Ash Hill siding. It smacked of a“Who’s on First?” routine, and theHeritage Trails books came off theshelves. As it ended up, no one was right,and no one was wrong…a question ofsemantics fueled this feud! Future tripdates were bounced around, and it lookslike we have dates committed for all of theprospective ones (check the posted cal-endar for an update). It looks like plansfor a DE trip to Chile is in the works – staytuned.Rendezvous:

Marian Johns reports that she has 75people attending so far. We are going toalso invite the Little Petroglyph Canyondocents and offer them a free meal.Emmett and Ruth Harder, the guest speak-ers, will also receive a complimentarydinner as an honorarium. We still need toround up a PA system, so the readersshould respond to Marian ASAP if youknow of one we can borrow. Auctionitems should be brought to the Rondy andhanded over to Alan Romspert forthwith.It looks like the Rondy plans are solidify-ing nicely. Rondyvousees should sign upearly for trips with the leaders to preventdisappointments when they get there. Signup boards will be posted in the SageMeeting Hall, and there will be a mapposted. Marian requested one more meet-ing before the Rondy, but it is too late forthe newsletter so other arrangements willhave to be made.OTHER STUFF:Bob Martin reports that it is unfortu-

nate that the Shoshone Museum newslet-ter arrives too late to include their eventsin the DE newsletter. He will see what hecan figure out. The Mojave River ValleyMuseum is having their BBQ on May 1!They will need some volunteers.

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FUTURE BUSINESS:After the Rendezvous, the brain trust

will continue pondering SAT phonesagain. Please bring your ideas to the nextmeeting. It would be great to find a cen-tral location for a CPR class.NEXT MEETING:The next meeting will be on Thursday,

May 6. Location: Neal & Marian Johns.ADJOURNMENT:The meeting was adjourned at 8:30

p.m. �Catching UpBy: Allan Wicker

HHAVING PRACTICED OUR RECONNOITERINGskills at the start of the DesertExplorers Oracopia Mountains trip

in January, Ding and I were better pre-pared for our next challenge: catching upwith Marian Johns’ “Petroglyphs a Plenty”trip after the group had left the ren-dezvous spot. The appointed time was 9a.m. February 14, and the place was theAvi Casino on the Colorado River betweenNeedles and Laughlin. We were late. After spending Friday

night at a motel in Needles, we headed outat 8:15 a.m. to gas up and then drive the15 miles or so to the Avi. I stopped at a gasstation to pump gas, and after extracting acredit card from my wallet, I placed it andmy sunglasses on the rack that holds thePathfinder’s spare tire. Needing directionsand a receipt, I went into the gas station. Ireturned to the Pathfinder rehearsing thedirections, got in, and we headed out.Several miles up the road I missed thesunglasses and then my wallet. The sun-glasses had fallen down and lodged in thespare rack, but not the wallet. Back at thegas station, the proprietor said a lot ofpeople had walked by since I was there,and that one of them probably took thewallet. I asked for directions to the policestation in Needles, thinking I might need arecord of the loss to protect myself fromlikely forthcoming credit card charges. Atthe station, a receptionist instructed me topick up a phone and speak to an officer. Igave my name and reported the loss.“Wait in the lobby and an officer will cometo take a report.” In the meantime I gotthe Avi Casino telephone number from the

receptionist. It was nearly 9. As I wasabout to call the Avi, a police officeremerged from the back carrying my wal-let. A motorist had found it in the road,flagged him down, and passed it to him.How lucky can I be!The next challenge was to meet up with

the group. My call to the Avi led to numer-ous holds, relays to other parties, refusalof the coffee shop to page anyone, agree-ment by the lobby to page a particular per-son. (I initially asked for a page of“anyone from the Desert Explorers” butthat required permission of a supervisor.)By now (9:10) we were rolling, but noone had answered the page for MarianJohns. On the way to the casino, we tried call-

ing on CB Channel 13, but all the voicesseemed to have a distinct twang thatcouldn’t be our group. We drove aroundthe Avi parking lot, saw no recognizablevehicles, and decided to head out. I triedto match the places in the trip announce-ment with maps I had. My AAA ColoradoRiver map was a little hard to read, owingto the dousing it got from an earlier tripwhen the canoe overturned in somerapids. I found Bridge Canyon and HikoSprings, both mentioned in the Newsletter,and headed in that direction. Since HikoSprings was a specific spot, we drovetoward it, listening and calling on our CB.We made out several familiar voices (VickiHill, Dave McFarland, Anne Stoll), talkingabout room to park, but couldn’t get themto hear us. We got to Hiko Springs, butthey weren’t there. We headed for a highspot on a dirt road where we might beable to reach or hear them, or see themon Highway 163 below. After 15 or sofruitless minutes, we took a dirt road thaton the map seemed closest to BridgeCanyon, but did not see or hear them.Around this time, Ding pulled out heraddress book and found John Page’s cellphone number. Maybe he was on the trip,we thought. We got a recording; Ding lefta message (I hope it didn’t sound too des-perate) saying we had arrived late andmissed the group.Deciding that we were not likely to

meet up in that area, I looked for theother locations in the announcement:Sloan Canyon “15 miles southeast of LasVegas,” a cave site near Boulder City,Lower and Upper Arrow Canyons, WildcatCanyon, Meadow Valley. It was easy to findLas Vegas and Boulder City on the map.

We drove to Boulder City, continuing tocall and listen on the CB. Once there wedecided to try to find a more detailed mapof the area. At our second stop we boughta Nevada Delorme. It was now aboutnoon. I studied the Delorme and found arailroad siding called Sloan southeast ofLas Vegas, but no canyon by that name,and a petroglyph site south of BoulderCity. I called Bob Martin, who told me KenSears was on the trip and had a cell phone(Ken had called Bob for directions to theFriday night camping spot). He didn’thave the number, but Ken’s wife Dianewould have it. Bob thought the petros thegroup was visiting were the ones indicatedon the Delorme map south of BoulderCity. And the cave site near Boulder Citywas on a road out past the city dump, hesaid. Not knowing in what order the group

would visit the advertised places, wedecided to try to locate the petro site. Wefound it, and lots of vehicle tracks, butdidn’t see the advertised 1700 glyphs.Maybe they were further up the canyon,which was blocked by a tall (dry) water-fall. We headed back to Boulder City,thinking we might connect somewherenear the dump. To locate the dump, westopped in a craft shop for directions(more likely to have a local owner, wereasoned). A customer in the store whohad done 4-wheeling in the area drew usa map and told of several different dirtroads going past it toward the River. Shedidn’t know of any cave out that way.When I mentioned that we had been to theSloan Canyon petro site and describedwhere it was, she said that they had alwayscalled it Keyhole Canyon. Were we at thewrong place? Before heading to the dump,we reached Diane Sears at home. She gaveus Ken’s number and said that he had hiscell phone on. Ken’s number only got us a recording

saying that the customer was either out ofthe service area or had his phone off. Sowe headed for the dump, and took themost likely dirt road past it. From a highpoint we again tried CB contact withoutsuccess. By now it was around 4 p.m., clearly

time for Plan B. We headed for the nearbyLake Mead Recreation Area to camp. Dingcooked the shrimp and rice dish she hadplanned for the happy hour. Later, weheaded for a nearby casino where therewas light to study maps and books for a

continuation of Plan B the next day.Repeated attempts to reach Ken led to thesame recorded message.Saturday morning, before we broke

camp we tried Ken’s cell phone againwithout any luck. Driving out of theRecreation area, we decided to make onemore call to Ken. If he didn’t answer, we’dtour Hoover Dam, which Ding had notseen. But Ken did answer. He reportedthat the group was on the road headedour way. We met up with them in nearbyBoulder City about 20 minutes later. Our itinerary was a variation of the

planned one, and the cat-and-mousegame was something of a novelty anddiversion. Certainly the group was justi-fied in leaving the meeting point after ashort wait beyond the appointed time -they had no way of knowing we were inthe area. Cell phones made it possible forus to locate and join the group. I agreewith recent suggestions of giving the

leader’s or another participant’s cellphone number to the group in advance incase of delay or emergency. �

All about Pop-UpsBy Neal Johns

continued from February 2004

IIF YOU CAN, UPGRADE THE THREE-WAYrefrigerator (propane, 12 VDC, 120VAC) to one that makes ice, not for the

ice, but because it cools better in the hotweather. Both have to be level within halfa bubble when working. Is installation extra? Negotiate! For off-

pavement use, the camper must be bolteddown to the truck bed with large washers.Ask Don Putnam why.Underbed storage (clothes in ours)

is great and is on most except the

FourWheelCamper, where it was left outto get the slim, trim, low, look.Lift jacks come with the camper. Four

are more stable than three.A separate battery for the camper

comes with some. If not, install a BatteryBrain on your truck battery which willdisconnect it before it is too dead to startthe truck. Available from RV dealers foraround $60.Carry some emergency water some-

where other than in your main tank. Pepsibottles work for me.If a normal (larger) Portapotty will not

fit, the door/space can probably bereworked so it will. This will be useful forlonger trips (or make your wife use thebushes).The sometimes optional sliding win-

dow in the front of the camper is usefulfor passing stuff through to the cab (likedogs/drinks/new skinny young wiveswhen you lock the keys in).

Be prepared to have thepop-up a long time.Like going home, youcan’t go back to sleep-ing in a shell/tent/frontseat. �

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Southern Nevada Rock Art Enthusiastse-mail snrat@hotmail.com

Just as the name says, their thing is Rock Art,both Pictographs and Petroglyphs.

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Dedicated to the preservation and promotion of thescientific, historical and cultural heritage of theMojave Desert.

�Discover Baja Travel Club

(800) 727-BAJA and on the web atwww.discoverbaja.com

Great newsletter, spectacular insurance prices,weather and road reports, etc.

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Map & Compasscompassdave@webtv.net, (714) 647-2352Navigation Classes by David Mott.

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www.eco4wd.com . info@eco4wd.comHarry Lewellyn leads desert trips and teaches off-

highway driving through several Orange Countycolleges. He also stocks good maps and books, and akiller tire repair system that is worth its weight ingold.

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Friends of the Eastern California MuseumIndependence, CA

Check them out! Open weekends. Old farmmachinery, bookstore, reference library, great oldphotos and Owens Valley memorabilia. Nice folks,too.

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Shoshone Museum Association118 Hwy. 127 PO Box 38 Shoshone, CA

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Colorado River Historical Society and Museum220l Highway 68, Bullhead City, AZ

Located in historic 1940's Catholic Church(520) 754-3399 e-mail: mhach@juno.comExhibits: steamboats, early ranching, mining,

Mojave Indians, Hardyville, gifts. Open daily, l0:00a.m. to 4:00 p.m. AZ time Closed Mondays.

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Friends of the Mojave Road37198 Lanfair Rd.G-15 Essex, CA 92332 • (760)

733-4482http://www.mdhca.org/

Historian Dennis Casebier writes desert guidebooks,leads trips, builds museums(!) and has other oddhabits. Newsletter subscription is $20.

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Some good folks to know...

Where am I?

Bob Peltzman is lost again. "Where Am I?" He sayshe went left when the rest went right and is completelylost. Send your guess as to where this is to Bob at:bopeltzman@aol.com (with the word "Lost" in thesubject), and he will send me the names of the firstthree people to correctly guess the location along witha different lost image to publish in another newsletter.Your answer to Bob should let him know what area heis in such as “The southern part of Death Valley nearthe Devil’s Golf Course.”

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General Trip Information1. The Mojave River Valley Museum has two sections (groups) that explore the desert environment (Museum

membership required):a. The Desert Explorers, who use 4WD vehicles and cover the Southwestern states and Mexico/Baja, camping outwherever nightfall catches them. The trips are led by numerous experienced Desert Explorers subscribers. TheDesert Explorers newsletter is available for $18 a year.b. The Mojave River Explorers, who establish a base camp in the Mojave desert, usually with motorhomes andtrailers, and make daily 4WD/2WD sorties, attempting to find seats for those without 4WD vehicles, returning tocamp each night. The trips are led by experienced Museum members who, collectively, have spent decadeslearning the hidden wonders of the Mojave. Their newsletter is available for $7/year from editor Gene Stoops(760) 253-2419.

2. You MUST be a member of the Mojave River Valley Museum to attend a trip. Membership applications areincluded in every newsletter on the back of the last page.

3. When you join a trip, you agree to abide by the decisions and directives of the leader throughout the trip or untilsuch time as you inform the leader that you are leaving the group to proceed on your own. The leader may, ifhis decisions or directives are not followed, inform a participant that his participation in the trip is terminated.

4. The Desert Explorers is a family oriented 4WD organization. Spouses and kids are welcome. Friendly dogs are OKas specified below. Trips will meet and depart from somewhere near the trip route, usually not from the Museum.

5. To receive the Desert Explorers’ Newsletter, send $18 for a subscription to Marilyn Martin, PO Box 291759, Phelan,CA 92329-1759. Make the check out to Desert Explorers.

Communications: CB is required and is the normal mode of communications between vehicles on a trip. Channel 13is the Desert Explorers’ channel. Its a good idea to monitor it whenever you are driving so that other memberscan contact you should they spot your vehicle on the road.

Weekend Trips: There is normally one major trip each month. This will be the trip on which you can look aroundand find old friends, new friends, collect debts, flirt with other wives/husbands and lie about other trips. Theremay be another trip during the month for people who have time for it or can’t make the main trip. The purposeof all this is to generate more coherence as a group and get everybody to know everybody. We stole this idea fromthe Mojave River Explorers. Don’t forget their fixed-camp trips on the first weekend of the month.

Trip Coordinator: John Page. Send your trip proposals to John. John will resolve any time conflicts and maybe bugyou if you are late with a promised trip write-up. He will also coordinate private trips for subscribers upon request(see below).

Private Trip Point of Contact: We publish reports of subscribers’ private trips in order to fill the pages, encourage youto get out into The Great American Desert, and to amuse and entertain you. Some trips, because of time orlimited number of people, are not suitable for official Museum trip status. Our Trip Coordinator is the point of

contact for Subscribers having or wanting to go on a private trip.Potluck: There will be a Potluck on Saturday night of our weekend trips unless otherwise noted by the Leader.Trip Details: Participants may be required to send a SASE to the trip leader to receive information on trip meeting

place and other details. A SASE is a self addressed stamped envelope.Finances: The cost of preparing and mailing the Desert Explorers newsletter is covered by the annual subscription

fee as are extraordinary out-of-pocket expenses by Trip Leaders or members, which are incurred as a result ofDesert Explorers activities. These expenses include costs of telephone calls, office supplies and postage but do notinclude any travel expenses, vehicle damage or personal injures. Other extraordinary expenses must beauthorized by the Executive Committee.

Hot Tips for Leaders:1. The leader is responsible for sending the trip announcement and trip report to the newsletter editor. The write-ups

should be detailed enough so the participants will know what to expect and, if possible, have enoughinformation in it so that a SASE is not necessary. (See the ones in this issue for examples.)

2. Try not to schedule trips on the first weekend of the month. This weekend is used regularly by the Mojave RiverExplorers for their outings.

3. Try not to use a reservation system or vehicle limits unless absolutely necessary. This will save paperwork foreveryone. Request a SASE if necessary for sending out further trip details, meeting place, time, etc.

4. Support your other leaders’ trips (by attending) or the Trail Gods will get you.5. Maximum loss (vehicles or people) is 10% per trip.6. Leaders, please put your CB channel 13 (or other channel if circumstances prevent using Desert Explorers’

channel 13) in your trip write-up. Dog Policy:

Dogs can become a problem in camp mainly because of the large number of them and the sometimes blind eyeof their humans. Therefore, and forevermore we will have a Dog Policy so that shy leaders will not have tomake ad hoc policy.

1. Bringing a dog on a trip requires the ADVANCE PERMISSION of the Leader!2. Dogs will be leashed/confined during happy hour & mealtimes.3. People with dogs will be expected to clean up any poop in the campsite.4. Dogs that fight, harass wildlife, eat small children etc., will be confined and banned from future trips.

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Jerry K. Harada jjrkh@aol.comEmmett Harder echco@msn.comTerry Hardwicke thardwicke@earthlink.netVicki Hill vlanehill@netzon.netDean W. Hilleman deanh2000@msn.comJohn Hoopes jnhoopes@juno.comCharles Hughes mhach@juno.comRobert J. Jacoby jacoby.r@worldnet.att.netBob Jaussaud joeso@earthlink.netNeal Johns aridneal@earthlink.netStephen Jones stevejones@thegriol.netChuck Kalbach kalbach@snowline.netRichard Kenney kennneyre@eatrthlink.netJerry Kerns jerrytkerns@dock.netAdrienne Knute quailrock@hotmail.comJerry Koplowitz jkopnv@aol.comJay Lawrence solariscomm@earthlink.netDavid Legters dlegters@aol.comLarry Lesh pllesh@aol.comRon Lewis lrgmrg@sbcglobal.netRon Lipari lipari.family@verizon.netCarl Lunde carl.t.lunde@aero.orgEd Manes edmanes @juno.comSteve Marschke samarschke@raytheon.comBob Martin bobmartin@dslextreme.comJoe McCormick pheidema@lausd.k12.ca.usDave McFarland noprophet@netzero.netJoan McGovern-White jmcgovern-white@tvusd.k12.ca.usDan Messersmith dmess@ctaz.comDebbie Miller dmiller@guideone.comChuck Mitchell cmitchell@mbcnet.netBrad Morrison akens@citlink.netDavid Mott compassdave@webtv.netEmily Murphy patandem@earthlink.netRobert M. Myers rmyers3510@cs.comDeborah Nakamoto Skaihorse@earthlink.netJames Neeld kneeld1@socal.rr.comBill Neill bgneill@earthlink.netStuart Nicol stu.nicol@att.netDoug Nunn rdn@trip.netTerry Ogden teogden@earthlink.netBob Oliver mexntex1@juno.com

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