Another leisurely morning in camp, a bit of lunch and then we went out for a walk on the gravel roads to the south. The map suggested this was a regular road that went somewhere. We knew there was the cattle guard that Callahan could not cross so we drove down to see where we might want to hike. The road ended much sooner than expected. There was a flood control dam and when we saw the spillway we thought "crap, another hike cut off by water". Not this time! It was a dry wash but way too rugged for the truck. This was a 4 wheeler place. Down here the 4 wheelers are all side by side 2-4 passenger rigs, and they're street legal here. We've only seen a couple of the one seat 4 wheelers that are so common at home.
So we walked for 2 miles out and then back. Had to do some looking around to find our way occasionally. I had to use the satellite image on the map program to see where the trails disappeared to. We only saw 2 pick up trucks out there, on a Sunday afternoon. There are miles and miles of roads out there, most of them passable by pick up.
Back at camp in time for some gin & tonic and sitting in the sun reading until sunset. It's a tough life!
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| A dry spillway, but a very different design |
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| Downstream |
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