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(All pictures by Tim Cooper and Dale Davis.)

The weekend of 14th-16th of December, a few of us decided to go Anza Borrego in the Southern California desert. We went for two reasons. 1) 4-Wheeling, (duh!), and 2) to watch a reportedly meteor shower on the Friday night.

I got there about 9:00pm Friday night after taking the day off to go Xmas shopping. Fortunately i raised Roger on the CB as i was getting close to the place where Dale had said the campsite was. It was WAY further in than i would have expected. But with Roger leading, we got there no problem. Already there were Dale, Andy and Jim (from CORVA), with their families.

The meteors were spectacular, coming every few minutes and shooting brightly across the night sky. Worth the trip.

The following morning we headed out to play on El Diablo hill, A steep dune which is sometimes very difficult to climb. Unfortunately (or fortunately) we missed the turn off and ended up at Sandstone canyon. It was decided to explore, so we drove down here instead. The canyon, as the name suggests, has been carved from the surrounding sandstone by water runoff and wind, leaving deep crevasses we can drive down.

Easy trail, leaving plenty of time to examine the curious shapes the erosion has carved into the walls of the canyon. The only excitement was Roger taking an interesting line up a ledge and getting a little tippy.

At the end of the canyon are some mud palisades. Deep crevasses in the walls of the canyon that can be climbed to the top of the walls. Dale and Roger went exploring while we took a break.

More Sandstone canyon pictures.

When we came out we found the entrance to El Diablo hill and played there for a while. Very easy.

Back to camp for lunch, then off to play in the BLM area by Highway 78. Had the motor-cross bikes wondering what the hell we were doing!

More Pictures.

Saturday evening was spend around a roaring camp fire drinking Pina Colada's and general BS'ing!

Good run, no breakage, and everyone had a good time.

Tim Cooper.