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Sidewinder & Bronco Peak @ Corral Canyon OHV Area - September 2007

I woke up to my phone ringing at 6AM this morning. Some of my friends were heading out early to ride around the Corral Canyon OHV Area and hopefully beat the heat. Got up there around 7AM and found it to be kinda nice and cool out. It did start heating up around 11AM. Along with my Jeep, there was a Datsun pickup, a Dodge pickup, a few bikes, and a... baja bug? Since it had recently rained out there, dust was kept to a minimum. Yet another fun day spent in the back country!

First trip to Carvacre/Pancake Rock - July 2007

Ok, so this was a very last minute run I decided to do after taking my wife to work this morning. So with some free time on my hands today I went for it. And I loved it! Oh yes I had fun! Got a little burnt though, with the top off and having forgot the sunblock, but I had plenty of water and ran into some fellow Jeepers at the trailhead- another YJ, two Rubi's and a CJ. I may head on back again Sunday afternoon with my dad. Top on, doors off.







Don't know how I got it on black&white. But is that an FJ taillight? Ollie!




On top of the world!







And back down. Time to pick up the wife! Seems like a nice place to watch the sunset?

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Corral Canyon OHV Area - May 2007

Many of the routes here have been graded since the fires. Los Pinos Road down through Espinoza Trail is not nearly exciting as it once was. All the deep ruts and rocks had been smoothed away. It may have been nothing for a heavily modified rig but for a stock jeep it was a fun route. Maybe after a few good storms, it'll become a bit more difficult. I did head on over to Sidewinder for a bit but I think I'll wait for a group run before taking it on.

Anza-Borrego: Upper Coyote Canyon & Horse Canyon - May 2007

Coyote Canyon is a wide, deep canyon along the San Jacinto Fault, one the major branches of the San Andreas Fault. It seperates the Santa Rosa Mountains to the north from the San Ysidro Mountains to the south. Juan Bautista de Anza opened up the first European route through this area in 1774. Coyote Canyon trail decends Anza Ridge along a shelf road known as the Turkey Grade, a rough road cut by the Civilian Conservation Corps in 1933. This used to be the major difficulty encountered along the trail. Towards the bottom, the ruts were large enough to easily leave a Jeep on it's side if care was not taken. Unfortunately the trail has been graded enough to allow passenger cars through. At least the difficulty of Horse Canyon make up for it.











Lunch in Adler Canyon. Also a good spot to camp.






Lined up and ready to take on Horse Canyon!






















Bailey's Cabin