Craggy Wash BLM to Shea Rd BLM

  Shea Rd BLM, ostensibly in Parker AZ but GPS suggests it’s just inside California.  freecampsites entry.  The road leading directly off 95 is cobbly and rough, but not a beating.  After entering the BLM area (or probably just CA) the road becomes maintained.  The camping area is just past the cattle guard.     1.5

short-but-strenuous hike

It’s gorgeous outside, 70deg F with a slight breeze.    Skies are mostly clear with some high, wispy cover at times.  After several days of medium overcast the lead batteries are soaking up sun like cold lizards on a rock.  Muffin and I took off for an overland hike.  I didn’t know how far we’d

thank god it’s Monday…

…and the rowdy weekenders went back to their normal lives. The valley I am in with this dry lake bed is, I’m guessing, 6 miles by 4 miles. Bounded on three sides by hills and by the highway to the north. It’s a big enough space I had to use binos to figure out the