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Blair Valley |
Rocket Man, Fkrexcal and ArcAtt
2005 |
Navajos 2005 (Little Blair in
Background) |
To get to Blair Valley, exit
on the east side off Highway S2 at N 33 02.233 W 116 24.636.
Travel along the Western edge of the mountain range for
approximately 1.4 miles. Stop at N 33 01.580 W 116 23.694 and
look up the mountain toward a heading of approximately NE 40
degrees; then go to the large "Peek-a-boo" between the rocks at the
ridge line. Note: There have been rattlesnakes seen
in the rocks on this ridge, so look first before you place
your feet or hands in between the rocks.
This was one of the
earliest geocaches to be placed in Anza Borrego region and the
weekend it was placed marked the beginning of geocaching for Rocket
Man, fkrexcal and ArcAtt. We were camping in Blair Valley
with a large group of North San Diego County Indian
Princesses. The Indian Princesses is a father-daughter
program run through the YMCA. We had read about geocaching in
the San Diego Union and fkrexcal decided to bring along a cache
container to hide. On Saturday March 17th 2001, we hunted
down the infamous "Mud Cave
Cookie Tin" cache and we were the second ones to find it.
On Sunday, we left this cache above Blair Valley. Thanks to
fkrexcal for bringing the cache container and ArcAtt for recording
the coordinates on his e-trex and initially entering the cache
page.
Note: If you don't want to climb straight
up the rocks the hard way, you can find a trailhead at N 33 01.592
W 116 23.635. Follow the trail to the top of the saddle ridge at N
33 01.680 W 116 23.589 and then travel South along the ridge line
to the cache.
Happy
Geocaching,
Rocket Man, fkrexcal and ArcAtt
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