Anza Borrego Trip

I went on a day trip to a few sites in the Anza-Borrego desert this weekend. The weather was perfect, 84 degrees and very sunny. Great for hiking and photographing. We first explored possible camp site for later this month or next year. Then were drove to the trailhead of a 1 mile walk to some old Indian pictographs. I would have walked right by had my friends not known where they were. They are on a big rock right of the right-side of the trail. Interesting site to visit that is so close to home.

From there we continued on the trail for another 15 minutes where you reach the end, as in if you keep hiking you fall off a 50 foot cliff. The rocks in the area make for good photos, plus there is a nice view to the west of Laguna Mountain.

The hike back to the car seemed longer, as it always does. Then a short drive on more dirt roads led to the second trailhead. From here you hike one mile up a mountain. At the top is the ruins of a house that a man and his wife lived in in the early 1900s. This house is so isolated you wondered how they survived. Not much left of the actual walls of the house, but we spent about 20 minutes exploring the hill.

The walk back down the mountain was very quick, and as the sun was setting, we decided to head back to my house and celebrate my birthday with beer, food and a movie.