At least the 2nd half of my days off, I was busy over the weekend.
Mike and I packed the Jeep and left Monday morning. We'd never really been in this area, and had NO IDEA of what it is. http://www.bentler.us/eastern-washin...dife-area.aspx
We're talking a LOT of square miles of NOTHING out there. We spent a total of 9.5 hours of off-roading before coming back out in a wind generator farm, and never saw a single human. We've got to get a Jeep trip together with XK forum people in this area, so we can hit it again SOON.
We went in a few miles past the Ghinko Petrified Forest state park interpretive center. You'll see a photo taken from above looking down on the visitor's center later. The trip total is a little over 200 miles, with a good 50% of that off road.
GPS marker # 10 was our Monday's night campsite. It was up on a high spot. We tossed the bags out and stared into a starry sky 'til the wee hours. I was startled by a huge owl that flew right over my head. (Within arm's reach) The sky blacked out for a second, and I heard the air in his wings. We figured it wasn't by chance, the owl was probably checking out the strange ''lump" on the ground where humans are seldom seen.
Where we went:
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