It turned out to be only two people on this hike. It was posted too late and the weather report was not cooperating but Bill and I drove to Cane Springs.

We took off walking down the southern portion of the road. We had to cross over two creek beds where the road was washed out but other than that the trail was passable.

Most of the time we were accompanied by a rubber hose that fed the three filled to the brim water tanks we passed along the way. Where were the cattle?

We got a great view of the Mt. Ord trail on the other side of 87 and several glimpses of the highway down below.

Flowers courtesy of Cane Spring.

Spotting another road off of 87 that would get us to the other side of the wash, we headed back to the car and drove to the other well graded road (FR 177), traveling on it until we reached FR 191. I wanted to drive on this road and Bill wanted to hike it. Boy, am I glad I listened to him! It turned from a 4WD road to an ATV trail to a hiking trail quickly.

This trail would take us back 6 miles to a mine with scenery along the way.

Unfortunately the rain clouds started gathering after only about a third of the way in so we turned around and headed back.

This will be a great future hike for the club which Bill hopes to take us on in the spring!