We went to Las Vegas
on May 29th for two reasons: 1st to take Warrens Galaxie 500 to him,
and second, for some fun in the desert! On Friday night about
8pm, we called John in Grand Junction and told him to hop in his Jeep
and come and join us. We, it was just a joke, but he actually
came! He made it to Warrens house in the wee hours of the morning,
but he said it was worth the trip in the end. Below are some pictures
of both geocaching and wheeling.
If you do not know
what geocaching is all about and want to find out more.. click HERE
As usual... I have
gone crazy with the pictures!
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This
was the Lone Mountain Cache. Because this was the closest cache
to Warrens house, (you can actually see the small mountain from his
house) we went there first.
This is Warren with
the cache.
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Here
I am holding the cache.
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The
second cache was the Calico Basin Cache. This one tried to hide
from us for a few minutes, but we found it.
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Here
it is! You can just make it out under the rock overhang. It was
a tupperware box with rocks on top.
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What incredible
timing!!!
This amazing picture
was taken just as John swerved and hit a small peaceful burro... poor
burro.
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This
was the third and final cache we found that day. This was the Little
Red Rock Cache. This cache is located in a very rocky area overlooking
Vegas. We have been going out there and playing for quite a few
years, but the houses are quickly moving in that direction, and it is
getting harder and harder to get there without going past no tresspassing
signs.
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After
we found the cache, we had to play in the area...
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As
you can see, there are lots of large rocks to play on...
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Since
Warren was the only one with a 4x4, he got to play on all the rocks...
but have no fear, we will be returning soon with our 4x4's for more pictures!
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Warren
checks the brakes... yup, they work.
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What
a great shot! In the background to the just above Warrens tail gate,
you can see the Stratosphere tower, and to the right of Warren you can
see the other casinos on the strip, with the Luxor pyramid almost to the
right side of the picture!
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The next stop was
Potoci... did I spell that right Warren?
Warren works for
a TV station and one of his transmitters is somewhere in this clutter.
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Just
down the hill from Warrens site, there is a FAA site used for air traffic
control.
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Are they serious???
Hey John... put
those wires down!
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The
road to the transmitter is not the greatest.
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The
road was open at the time that these pictures were taken, but now it is
gated off. Luckily Warren has a key, so we will be able to make
this run again!
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During
this trip we also wanted to find the Steel Door Mine. We had the
GPS coordinates, but they turned out to be way off. The owner of
another local mine said that we could look around.
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Here
was the view looking down the mine shaft. There was a ladder going
down quite a ways, then the shaft went back into the mountain... we decided
not to go in!
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Keep
an eye on the old trips page, as we are planning another trip to Vegas
in November!
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