Since we enjoyed our hike to and exploration of Carey’s Castle, a docent/ranger at the west side visitor center recommended another hike to us, Eagle Cliff Mine. This one has a similar and just as impressive miner’s cabin in the rocks, but it is not as strongly a kept secret as Carey’s. In fact, the [...]
A few years ago we visited JTree and did a hike down the Desert Queen wash to explore some old mining ruins (and be rattled at by a mean snake *shudder*). We never really found the ruins of one of the old encampments, “John’s Camp”. This year we hiked in from the road at the [...]
Given that it was the Sunday of Memorial Day weekend, we decided to pick a hike that would take us away from the regular crowds that tend to rush the parks over holiday weekends. The perfect candidate was Carey’s Castle, a backcountry homestead in the south end of the park. This Carey guy built himself [...]
We began the day with an in-and-out hike along the Boy Scout Trail, starting at the trailhead that is along the road to Indian Cove. The trail crosses the flat desert terrain then enters a canyon. After about a mile of meandering up the canyon the trail climbs up into the Wonderland of Rocks. At [...]
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