Outdoor Adventure USA

My mother-in-law lives in Hinkley, CA on 150 acres bordering BLM land. There is lots to do and see out there and this time of year is ideal. It rained quite a bit out there this past Tuesday making the roads great for wheeling and the visibility felt infinite. We also did some urban play as well.





This is what is really at the end of the rainbow, a mini van.






The road to Mom's house, yeah it's out in the sticks.




Heading up the mountain to see an old mine.


The view part way up.


Very steep approach.


An old mine on General Mountain.





There is no trail here, we were out making one.


We hit the dry lake and the conditions were great.


More to come....

Let's see... hanging out with my family, or wheelin' on BLM land for Thanksgiving ???


Yeah, I'll be coming to your place next year....

looks like some ideal times and conditions!!

is that hole in the ground just from run-off, an old mine shaft of sorts or a comfy den for some animal such as a friendly pig? interesting.

It's an old mine, sorry we did not take more pictures, we've seen it many many times. It only goes back about 50 ft. and is very large contrary to what the picture leads you to believe.

cruiserlarry wrote:Let's see... hanging out with my family, or wheelin' on BLM land for Thanksgiving ???


Yeah, I'll be coming to your place next year....

We got to do both Larry, my sister-in-law laid out quite a feast and I think there were 14 of us. Leaving my mother-in-laws house and getting on the road qualifies for "wheelin' and it helps that my nieces and nephews love heading out and exploring.

More pics from Thanksgiving.





Garrett about to try out the FJ on the dry lake.






These pictures look a lot better on a 19'' monitor in full size.


Sequence shots.




I was having too much fun.

Pole Line road. If you're ever in horrible traffic on the 15 coming back from Vegas you can take this road west from Calico Ghost town all the way to the 395.


Power tower art




Charging the batteries.


Disclaimer: We have connections and had the power to Los Angeles turned off before attempting this.


A couple of puddles.. look in the background.


Abandoned building out by Harper Lake.

what a great trip for sure........i love your pics and you capture the moments and the true sense of discovery.

love the tower-art are you glowing yet?

Great pictures! Lots of unique photo ops. Garrett's grown up even since I saw him last. Looks like good family fun.

Great pics Scott... It's weird seeing Garrett without hair. Does that young man climb everything???

Thanks for all the comments guys and gals. We'll have to put together a run out at the mother in law's house, it's really close to Calico and there is a ton of fun stuff to do. For you gun aficionado's, you can fire away anywhere out there. The dry lake is commonly used as a firing range.

FYI- G-Dog is now 6'3" and growing. I buzzed his hair the day before Thanksgiving so that's a fresh #3 look. He's a good kid, I've been blessed!