2023-01-31, 09:44 PM
As far as my recent post I wasn’t trying to obfuscate for once. 😂. I LOVE the desire by everyone to suss out where something is. Next time I’m trying to sort out a location based just on photos I know which ones of you I’ll be bugging like crazy on PM. Lol.
The last shots we’re on the bench/bluff over McLean Spring (just to the east of it). I was there looking for a phantom geoglyph. Next time I go I’m looking for 2 ancient campsites, 2 ancient quarries, and a few other things. The area was a Mecca for ancient ppls but the info on where exactly is extremely thin. My kingdom for a circa 1950 topo of the area. Argh!
As far as the Trails: You can see quite a few of them on satellite imaging. Cutting across the benches and in both directions (towards Salt Creek Rd and towards SPW). I saw zero evidence of burro on the bluffs. None. I didn’t get really down into the spring but it looked unmolested from above. Unlike some springs like Blackwater that have been destroyed. The path I showed on the bluff was definitely human because it essentially went to view point on the bluff way above the creek. But I can’t speak to its age. However The trail you can see on satellite that cuts across the incredibly steep southern flank of the bench…. If burros or sheep are using it they abandon it halfway. I was stupid enough to try to traverse it and almost got myself in trouble. Lol. You can see on Sat where it continues on the benches beyond to the east, but the trail is gone 2/3s of the way around the flank. I had to try a loose, idiotic climb straight up when I saw s gap to get through in the cliff above.
Another trip out there is definitely in the cards. As well as many other adventures. Tomorrow promises to be interesting in the Confidence Wash area…
The last shots we’re on the bench/bluff over McLean Spring (just to the east of it). I was there looking for a phantom geoglyph. Next time I go I’m looking for 2 ancient campsites, 2 ancient quarries, and a few other things. The area was a Mecca for ancient ppls but the info on where exactly is extremely thin. My kingdom for a circa 1950 topo of the area. Argh!
As far as the Trails: You can see quite a few of them on satellite imaging. Cutting across the benches and in both directions (towards Salt Creek Rd and towards SPW). I saw zero evidence of burro on the bluffs. None. I didn’t get really down into the spring but it looked unmolested from above. Unlike some springs like Blackwater that have been destroyed. The path I showed on the bluff was definitely human because it essentially went to view point on the bluff way above the creek. But I can’t speak to its age. However The trail you can see on satellite that cuts across the incredibly steep southern flank of the bench…. If burros or sheep are using it they abandon it halfway. I was stupid enough to try to traverse it and almost got myself in trouble. Lol. You can see on Sat where it continues on the benches beyond to the east, but the trail is gone 2/3s of the way around the flank. I had to try a loose, idiotic climb straight up when I saw s gap to get through in the cliff above.
Another trip out there is definitely in the cards. As well as many other adventures. Tomorrow promises to be interesting in the Confidence Wash area…
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