Post by jakedog on Oct 31, 2014 19:13:05 GMT -8
Two 4x4 friends and I went to the El Paso Mtns, and camped at Holland Camp, as well as wheeled in Last Chance, Goler Gulch, and Iron Cyn.
We left the Antelope Valley Thursday Evening, about 5 pm, headed for Mojave, and gas and final ice and potty stop. Arriving at the bottom of Iron Cyn, at Garlock-Randsburg Road, we dropped the air pressure, and headed up canyon in the dark!!
EEEEK! This is not too much fun when you are dragging an off road trailer with a 4 popper 2.4!!
Lots of gear changes, and lots of "pucker factor" later, we arrived at Holland Camp. This camp used to be a transfer station, and gold/silver assay point from the 1890's to about 1930. Then, it fell into disuse until after WW2, when the need for precious metals made the search out there more profitable.
Bill, in his red YJ Jeep, Dave in his XJ Cherokee, and I in my silver TJ, with the camoflage trailer were all set for this trip to relax, look at some stars, eat a LOT of BBQ chicken, pork steaks, and bisquits and gravy with hash and pork links every morning! ( Yeah, lots of cholestrol, and fat!!). We camped literally inside the old ruins of the abandoned camp, and set up the privy in a small shower tent.
We also found a couple of unmarked graves just a few feet from the roadway by the ruins....
After bfast on Friday, we loaded up the jeeps, and headed off to find Sheep Springs, and the sheep spring mine.
We left the Antelope Valley Thursday Evening, about 5 pm, headed for Mojave, and gas and final ice and potty stop. Arriving at the bottom of Iron Cyn, at Garlock-Randsburg Road, we dropped the air pressure, and headed up canyon in the dark!!
EEEEK! This is not too much fun when you are dragging an off road trailer with a 4 popper 2.4!!
Lots of gear changes, and lots of "pucker factor" later, we arrived at Holland Camp. This camp used to be a transfer station, and gold/silver assay point from the 1890's to about 1930. Then, it fell into disuse until after WW2, when the need for precious metals made the search out there more profitable.
Bill, in his red YJ Jeep, Dave in his XJ Cherokee, and I in my silver TJ, with the camoflage trailer were all set for this trip to relax, look at some stars, eat a LOT of BBQ chicken, pork steaks, and bisquits and gravy with hash and pork links every morning! ( Yeah, lots of cholestrol, and fat!!). We camped literally inside the old ruins of the abandoned camp, and set up the privy in a small shower tent.
We also found a couple of unmarked graves just a few feet from the roadway by the ruins....
After bfast on Friday, we loaded up the jeeps, and headed off to find Sheep Springs, and the sheep spring mine.
