Trip Report 19951031
Kathleen is just the sweetest
gal. For my birthday she
rented a Hummer without my knowledge and arranged for us to
take it out on the town and then into the desert with some friends.
The photos below are
what we saw. These are scans of chemical photos.
Steve Biafore helped
Kathleen pick up the
Hummer at a rental place in Spring Valley. She showed me the Hummer
later than night and I was blown away: I nearly fainted because I thought that she
had bought it. I never considered a
rental. After the shock wore off, we drove to
Baci's for
dinner
with our long-time friend Steve Anderson.
We took the Hummer into
the mountains near Julian and then went down Oroflamme Canyon.
Kathleen in her best
desert attire.
The descent into Oroflamme
Canyon was easy. The trail is steep, but the road was
recently graded.
From Oroflamme, we went
into the Anza-Borrego Desert State
Park and Arroyo
Seco canyon.
We stopped at the approach
to the Fish Creek Dropoff for a photo.
The dropoff was easy to
do.
Since it was so easy going down,
we tried going up as well.
We made it up without
issue and using full air pressure.
We exited the park through Fish Creek
Canyon. Note the wind caves on the exposed sandstone
face.
We had somebody take a group shot at
the end of the day. L to R: Mike Lazarus, Steve Biafore, Kathleen
and Bill.
This
was a the best
birthday surprise ever! We had a great time at dinner
and in the desert.
Copyright Bill Caid, 2013