Some fun in between the work...

All work and no play.......
So we also love to hike, camp, explore, 4 wheel drive and there's no place better than the 50 or so miles in any direction from us. One interesting trip is the an old (5000 yr) Indian mountain where they used to live. Fairly simple compared to the Anastasi, but fascinating nonetheless. It starts with about a 5-10 mile off road trip whcih takes one past the old San Diego/Arizona Railroad tracks

followed by a mile hike in. Pretty easy hiking, take hiking sticks, hats, backpacks, water bottles and just watch the cactus!

Once at the Indian Hill there is a lot of exploring to do. Climbing it is fairly difficult, but worthwhile. You can see the mortreros where they used to grind the food, and many hollowed out spots in the rocks where they slept/meditated/whatever.

and then you have the pictographs which are hard to find, but an awesome experience. We ran into a couple from Europe looking for a particular one they had heard about. These are hard to make out and not the best, but most are inside the rocks and hard to get a good picture of.

More side trips later, back to work......