City loop taking 44 minutes.
Canyon Corridor loop taking 36 minutes.
Tollgate out-and-back taking 47 minutes.
Hike Rimrocks loop.
Hike South Lykken.
Canyon Corridor loop taking 39 minutes.
Hike Middle Lykken.
Las Palmas loop taking 43 minutes.
Hike Araby trail and clean up some graffiti near start of trail.
City loop taking 41 minutes.
Tollgate out-and-back taking 42 minutes. 22 cars waiting at tollgate but only 5 at Oswit Canyon.
Hike South Lykken to picnic tables and clean up some graffiti on the sign. Then hike lower North Lykken and clean graffiti on the trail sign. Good productive morning.
City loop taking 46 minutes.
Hike South Lykken.
Flat tire taking 9 minutes. Walk home.
Tollgate out-and-back taking 39 minutes.
Hike Shannon to plaque.
Las Palmas loop taking 46 minutes.
Hike Garstin to Smoketree Mtn.
Andreas Hills loop taking 44 minutes.
Downtown loop taking 37 minutes.
Hike Middle Lykken. Getting warmer.
Canyon Corridor loops taking 48 minutes.
Hike North Lykken lollipop. Brome all gone to seed. Ugh.
Tollgate out-and-back taking 40 minutes.
Airport/downtown loop taking 38 minutes.
Hike South Lykken. Nice little band of sheep near trail.
Tollgate out-and-back taking 40 minutes.
Hike Shannon to Smoketree Pt.
Andreas Hills loop taking 48 minutes.
Tollgate out-and-back taking 38 minutes.
Monday: Depart house 11a, 9090 odo. All campsites vacant at Arroyo Salado. Only one camper at Pegleg. Lunch at Christmas Circle. Vietnamese shrimp paste leftovers. Yummy. No more open wifi at Christmas Circle. Coyote Canyon to my campsite. Wild flowers mostly gone but ocotillos are blooming. More vehicles on road than usual. Stop at Fonts Wash site. Nice breeze 95°. Shade is nice. Ella Wash at 4p. 98°. Drive 113 miles today. Park seems very quiet. I guess when the flowers go away the people go away too. Fine with me. Sunset 6:59p, 84°. Can of Chef Boyardee spaghetti and meatballs cold from can for dinner. Not bad. Calm quiet evening. Only one vehicle passed by. 100° official high temp in both Palm Springs and Borrego Springs today.
Tuesday: Sunrise 6:26a, 64°. Spahgetti can from last night's dinner is gone. Found it a couple hundred feet east. Perhaps a kit fox carried it off. Depart camp 7:30a and drive to Pegleg. Janice and friend Sylvia riding eastbound on S22. Ride S22 to Palo Verde wash and back. Tried to cache up with Jancie and friend but they were too fast for me. 14.4 miles taking 1 hour 3 minutes. Center Market for beer/ice. Had planned to stop at library but doesn't open until noon on Tuesday so head for south park early. Bow Willow at 11:45a. Sardines and pickles for lunch. Campground vacant except one guy with a nice pickup camper rig and his dog arrived before i left. Egg Mtn 12:30p, 96°. Canyon Sin Nombre and call Wen. Can see Toro Pk but not San Jacinto as i thought. Arrive Carrizo Valley site 1:45p. 81 miles today. 94° at 3p with light breeze. Very nice. Sunset north of canyon 6:09p. Very little traffic on S2 and no one drove by camp. Left a beer offering at my ocotillo. Mac and cheese with Spam for dinner. Meh. Last night's canned spaghetti was better. 78° at 8p. Went to sleep early. Kai flies to Berlin today.
Wednesday: Slept straight through the night. Sunrise 6:20a. Weather changed a bit overnight with some clouds and cooler temps in morning. Depart camp 7:10a and drive home via Imperial Valley route. Gas $4.49 and coffee at Circle-K in Westmorland. Home at 10:10a. 140 miles today, 334 trip total.
Downtown loop taking 31 minutes.
City loop taking 38 minutes.
Hike Garstin to Smoketree Mtn. Lots of wildflowers. Also lots of brome grass.
City loop taking 41 minutes.
Canyon Corridor loop taking 39 minutes.
Hike Middle Lykken.
Tollgate out-and-back taking 38 minutes. 62 cars parked at Oswit trailhead!
Las Palmas loop taking 45 minutes.
CV Link loop taking 42 minutes.
Hike South Lykken. Pretty day with lots of wildflowers.
City loop taking 48 minutes.
City loop taking 48 minutes.
Short ride taking 24 minutes.
Hike Henderson loop.
Tollgate out-and-back taking 37 minutes.
Downtown loop taking 35 minutes. Lots of people in town.
Hike Garstin lollipop. Beautiful morning with lots of wildflowers and not much mustard.
Tollgate and Araby wash taking 42 minutes. 61 cars at Oswit Canyon!
Tollgate out-and-back taking 41 minutes.
Hike North Lykken. Pulled a lot of mustard.
City loop taking 46 minutes.
Short loop taking 31 minutes.
Hike lower Middle Lykken. Pull some mustard.
Hike South Lykken. Lots of people. Almost didn't hike but turned out to be nice.
Canyon Corridor loop taking 42 minutes.
Hike Shannon to Araby Pt.
Tollgate out-and-back taking 40 minutes.
Las Palmas loop taking 41 minutes.
Tollgate out-and-back taking 46 minutes.
Hike Oswit Canyon to second stream crossing. Lovely bright clear day but all the invasive grass is upsetting. Pulled some mustard.
Airport/downtown loop taking 39 minutes.
Canyon Corridor loop taking 35 minutes.
Hike Garstin to Smoketree Mtn. Nice morning and not much mustard along trail. Weather turning overcast and windy in afternoon.
Andreas Hills loop taking 45 minutes.
Downtown loop taking 42 minutes.
Tollgate out-and-back taking 41 minutes.
Short Middle Lykken hike taking 1 hour. Cool and breezy.
Hike South Lykken. Nice day.
City loop taking 42 minutes.
City loop taking 44 minutes. Tour de Palm Springs in-progress.
Anza-Borrego day trip. Depart house 7:30a, 8658 odo. AM/PM for $1.99 coffee. Truckhaven at 9:05a. Clear and bright and no trash. Pulled a few mustard but there aren't many so far this season. Ella Wash site at 9:45a. Also clean with no trash. Drive short way up Coachwhip wash. About 15 campers at Pegleg. Henderson Road wildflowers pretty good but didn't stop. Coyote Canyon to first crossing and there is flowing water. 5 cars parked at Desert Garden. Christmas Circle at 11:15a for sardine lunch. Breezy but otherwise a very nice day. Stop at Fonts Wash on way out but too windy so just drive home. Home at 1:20p, 180 miles today.
Canyon Corridor loop taking 38 minutes.
Hike Shannon to plaque.
Downtown loop taking 39 minutes.
Tollgate out-and-back taking 42 minutes.
Tollgate out-and-back taking 42 minutes.
Hike Oswit to boulder.
Airport/Las Palmas loop taking 44 minutes.
First evening sighting using 8x30 binoculars. Then again Sunday 5a easy through 16x70 binoculars. Still no tail visible.
Canyon Corridor loop taking 32 minutes.
Hike North Lykken. Another beautiful morning. More hikers on trail that i like but everyone was friendly. And no trash at all!
First sighting of comet. 5a using 8x30 binoculars.
Canyon Corridor loop taking 28 minutes.
Downtown loop taking 36 minutes.
Checking out washes after the rains. Araby is closed and mud covered but no water today. Good flow under Bogert Trail bridge. Tahquitz Creak flowing all the way to El Cielo and beyond. Also there were 50 (!) cars parked at Oswit Canyon trailhead. Seems everyone out hiking after the rains.
Andreas Hills loop taking 44 minutes. Said hi to Barbie.
Hike Middle Lykken to Tahquitz Overlook taking 1 hour 15 minutes.
Canyon Corridor loop taking 30 minutes. Cold rain half way.
Hike Oswit short loop.
Downtown loop taking 39 minutes.
Tollgate out-and-back taking 40 minutes.
Hike Henderson loop. No cars at TH today.
Shannon trail parking too busy. Damn hikers. Went to South Lykken but also too busy so just walked road to tollgate and back. Nice walk and a pretty morning.
© Florian Boyd