Ratsofrass

In socializing around the fire, you find that among kindred spirits, secrets are shared that you just wouldn’t tell someone you’ve only known for a short time. There is something in the human DNA that tells us if they’re OK to be around a fire with, you can trust them with your deeper thoughts. I know I’ve gotten to know Larry and Carolyn better than I thought I would, especially Larry – who turns out to be a wise and deep thinking man who always seems to have an insightful contribution to the topic at hand.

But sometimes you just get a hot tip, and that is the subject of today’s post. Pamela was one of the visitors that came by, and she was returning for a second brief visit with her friend JR. I saw them pull in with one of those 4X4 off road things, wondering who they were. They were just finishing visiting with Larry, and came over to my Rig to say ‘hi’. We had talked about my time in White Tank Mountain Park, and my pleasure at seeing Petroglyphs. They mentioned there were some here too, not even 2 miles away! JR kindly gives me the coordinates, and I record them on my phone – going to visit these for sure.

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I have not really talked about what the desert is like here yet. In my defense, it was Christmas, there was more socializing, and less blogging – a good thing! But let me fast forward to two days after Boxing Day, where I got out for a little more ambitious hike to the main wash the runs down this valley, with a little surprise encountered along the way.
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