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These trips have no directions or GPS waypoints. Some are misnamed on purpose. Typically, someone has asked me not to share the location or real name.
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Alice Hunt Pictograph Shelter
A few years ago, a few friends and I went out to search for some rock art sites in a canyon in Death Valley. It was still pretty early in the season, so it wasn’t hot yet.
We were hunting for some petroglyph and pictograph sites in the canyon.
White Mountains Wickiup
I had known about a wickiup, a traditional Native American dwelling high in the White Mountains of California, for a while. I thought it would be an interesting find, so I decided to go on a hike to see if I could track it down.
MV Mill
I found this hidden mill in 2013. It is unusual in that a Pelton wheel powered it. Water was funneled into a ditch and then a pipe and poured over the waterwheel, which drove the equipment inside. A water-powered mill is a rare sight in the land of little rain.
Camel Track Canyon
My friends, Larry and Janene from Moby Goes, took us on a little trip over to what I’m calling “Camel Track” Canyon out in Death Valley country. The actual small canyon is unnamed on the map.
Sapphire Tunnel Cave
We’ve known about this cave for some time, but it wasn’t until 2015 that we were finally able to put together a trip to see if we could find it. After a few hours of climbing ladders and walking miles into the center of a mountain, we reached
Little Boulder Valley Petroglyphs
In 2008, Dan led us out to a small native site that he had discovered. It seems to be a very old and isolated site in this little valley. (Although, we should really poke around in the hills around here some more.) We found a few more artifacts than he