Desert Run

I went on a Desert Run with Richard, Fred and Niels. I rode with Richard in the Jeep, Niels and Fred rode their 4 wheelers.

We rode to Weeping Springs at the bottom of Sleeping Indian Mountain. On the way we stopped at some active Gold mines.

 I guess they find gold in the bottom of this hole in the ground. You could not see the bottom.

We saw a lot of mines and all of them had these signs and a little tube with the paper work showing how many acres and the purchase price of the claim.  

This is a mine with a gate to keep claim jumpers out.

It was a rough ride in the Jeep. Most of the time we were only going 5 MPH.

On the way we stopped at this old mining shack out in the middle of the desert. 

People leave different things in and around the shack.

These are Teddy Bear Cactus. They are the most dangerous ones. They also call them the jumping Cactus, because they seem to jump up and get you. So I tried to stay away from them.

 This is Weeping Springs. A pretty small spring but it is water in the middle of the desert.

I had to hike up a little hill to get to it. There was Goat poop all over the place. But we did not see any of them around. I did see a Coyote run up and over a hill. 

We stopped and had lunch at Weeping Springs.

We had to go down and then back up to get to the springs. It was a good time with new friends here in Quartzsite, AZ.

 

Throw-Back Picture of the Blog.

Peggy with Biff and Cliff back in the cold winter in Michigan! The boys are saying: "You look like you need to be peed on." 

 

Live Happy And Always Go Big.