Mylar balloon count for this trip - 5
Animals seen - (1) Bobcat, (1) Coyote and many Raptors, Lizards and Mice.
After arriving in the early evening to Blair Valley, I decided to do a quick hike up to the top of Ghost Mountain.
Interesting rock carvings
![Yoni style rock carving Yoni style rock carving](http://www.darensefcik.com/Photography/Anza-Borrego-Desert-State-Park/Earthquake-Vallecito-Valley-06/i-4bRXtKt/0/M/dsc0854611-06-10v2-M.jpg)
![Possible Yoni Rock carving Possible Yoni Rock carving](http://www.darensefcik.com/Photography/Anza-Borrego-Desert-State-Park/Earthquake-Vallecito-Valley-06/i-cMf34b8/0/M/dsc0857811-06-10v2-M.jpg)
Cool old Pepsi can I found
![Old can I found Old can I found](http://www.darensefcik.com/Photography/Anza-Borrego-Desert-State-Park/Earthquake-Vallecito-Valley-06/i-wfcNkMp/0/M/dsc0859711-06-11v2-M.jpg)
One of my favorite milling stations at Morteros Village
![Milling work area, notice the smaller holes around the edge Milling work area, notice the smaller holes around the edge](http://www.darensefcik.com/Photography/Anza-Borrego-Desert-State-Park/Earthquake-Vallecito-Valley-06/i-HgBFq3h/0/M/dsc0860811-06-11v2-M.jpg)
Geologically interesting boulder for sure
![Really Interesting Split Rock Really Interesting Split Rock](http://www.darensefcik.com/Photography/Anza-Borrego-Desert-State-Park/Earthquake-Vallecito-Valley-06/i-3xLBTS5/0/M/dsc0864211-06-11v2-M.jpg)
View of Little Blair Valley and the Morteros Village area from Ghost Mountain
![Blair Valley Blair Valley](http://www.darensefcik.com/Photography/Anza-Borrego-Desert-State-Park/Earthquake-Vallecito-Valley-06/i-7tfSFRq/0/M/dsc0854811-06-10v2-M.jpg)
Ghost Mountain Register
![Ghost Mountain Register Ghost Mountain Register](http://www.darensefcik.com/Photography/Anza-Borrego-Desert-State-Park/Earthquake-Vallecito-Valley-06/i-QxDf32z/0/M/dsc0855511-06-10v2-M.jpg)
Night time stars near Morteros Village
![Star Trails at Morteros Village Star Trails at Morteros Village](http://www.darensefcik.com/Photography/Anza-Borrego-Desert-State-Park/Earthquake-Vallecito-Valley-06/i-2JNvSFt/0/M/dsc0859511-06-10v2-M.jpg)
![Star Trails at Morteros Village Star Trails at Morteros Village](http://www.darensefcik.com/Photography/Anza-Borrego-Desert-State-Park/Earthquake-Vallecito-Valley-06/i-CqJKmhP/0/M/dsc0859211-06-10v2-M.jpg)
First stop in the morning is what Earthquake Valley was named for, Shake 'n Quake
![Shake Benchmark Shake Benchmark](http://www.darensefcik.com/Photography/Anza-Borrego-Desert-State-Park/Earthquake-Vallecito-Valley-06/i-rJcLHk2/0/M/dsc0864311-06-11v2-M.jpg)
![Quake Benchmark Quake Benchmark](http://www.darensefcik.com/Photography/Anza-Borrego-Desert-State-Park/Earthquake-Vallecito-Valley-06/i-ZTWmfhZ/0/M/dsc0865811-06-11v2-M.jpg)
The Shake BM Register was in good shape, it did not have too many entries. Only a few small pages from the original 2002 date of the first page. Apparently not very many people come here.
![Shake Register Shake Register](http://www.darensefcik.com/Photography/Anza-Borrego-Desert-State-Park/Earthquake-Vallecito-Valley-06/i-Tm8vbpN/0/M/dsc0865411-06-11v2-M.jpg)
Hiking cross country thru the cactus and sun baked volcanic rocks reveals some more interesting finds. There is some debris left from an old F-8J Crusader crash that happened in the late 1960's.
Here is part of an engine
![F-8J Crusader engine F-8J Crusader engine](http://www.darensefcik.com/Photography/Anza-Borrego-Desert-State-Park/Earthquake-Vallecito-Valley-06/i-4jrwdq4/0/M/dsc0867311-06-11v2-M.jpg)
Here is what looks like a wing section
![F-8J Crusader wing F-8J Crusader wing](http://www.darensefcik.com/Photography/Anza-Borrego-Desert-State-Park/Earthquake-Vallecito-Valley-06/i-x9DpkHX/0/M/dsc0879211-06-11v2-M.jpg)
Close up of the wing flap hinge, it was pretty massive
![F-8J Crusader wing hinge F-8J Crusader wing hinge](http://www.darensefcik.com/Photography/Anza-Borrego-Desert-State-Park/Earthquake-Vallecito-Valley-06/i-WxV6x8n/0/M/dsc0877711-06-11v2-M.jpg)
More scattered debris and some landing gear in the distance
![F-8J Crusader debris F-8J Crusader debris](http://www.darensefcik.com/Photography/Anza-Borrego-Desert-State-Park/Earthquake-Vallecito-Valley-06/i-XdRLpvJ/0/M/dsc0879311-06-11v2-M.jpg)
Close up of the landing gear
![F-8J Crusader Landing Gear F-8J Crusader Landing Gear](http://www.darensefcik.com/Photography/Anza-Borrego-Desert-State-Park/Earthquake-Vallecito-Valley-06/i-sjvZdXj/0/M/dsc0879911-06-11v2-M.jpg)
An old shovel and a couple of faded water bottles in the shadows of a nearby Juniper show someone was trying to unearth the massive airplane wreckage debris
![Old shovel and faded water bottles near the engine debris Old shovel and faded water bottles near the engine debris](http://www.darensefcik.com/Photography/Anza-Borrego-Desert-State-Park/Earthquake-Vallecito-Valley-06/i-7dnKbHK/0/M/dsc0868911-06-11v2-M.jpg)
Moving along across the bajada I spotted some pottery and a few milling sites
![Pottery Sherds Pottery Sherds](http://www.darensefcik.com/Photography/Anza-Borrego-Desert-State-Park/Earthquake-Vallecito-Valley-06/i-ZzwKT4v/0/M/dsc0874911-06-11v2-M.jpg)
Can you see the pottery sherds in the centuries old sun baked volcanic rocks?
![Desert soil and volcanic rocks Desert soil and volcanic rocks](http://www.darensefcik.com/Photography/Anza-Borrego-Desert-State-Park/Earthquake-Vallecito-Valley-06/i-rbcMRwK/0/M/dsc0875111-06-11v2-M.jpg)
Here is an old Indian Agave Roasting Pit area
![Possible roasting pit area Possible roasting pit area](http://www.darensefcik.com/Photography/Anza-Borrego-Desert-State-Park/Earthquake-Vallecito-Valley-06/i-5pKxJ4s/0/M/dsc0875211-06-11v2-M.jpg)
uhhh..old Indian Phalic symbol..??
![uhhh..Phalic boulders... uhhh..Phalic boulders...](http://www.darensefcik.com/Photography/Anza-Borrego-Desert-State-Park/Earthquake-Vallecito-Valley-06/i-qrWJq8n/0/M/dsc0876211-06-11v2-M.jpg)
And it's counterpart..
![Companion to the Phalic boulder Companion to the Phalic boulder](http://www.darensefcik.com/Photography/Anza-Borrego-Desert-State-Park/Earthquake-Vallecito-Valley-06/i-wBbXNJv/0/M/dsc0890511-06-12v2-M.jpg)
Pictographs enhanced with DStretch
![](http://www.darensefcik.com/Photography/Anza-Borrego-Desert-State-Park/Earthquake-Vallecito-Valley-06/i-63QVFRs/0/M/dsc0883011-06-12yxx-M.jpg)
This is what I call the three "P's"...Pencil,Pottery & Poo. Don't mess with Mountain Lions
![I call this the three](http://www.darensefcik.com/Photography/Anza-Borrego-Desert-State-Park/Earthquake-Vallecito-Valley-06/i-XfpTrZj/0/M/dsc0889911-06-12v2-M.jpg)
Well that is Part 1 for now, I will post Part 2 in the next few days, thanks for reading!
Awesome trip report Daren,
ReplyDeleteMakes me want to check out your discoveries,
Bob
Nice report. There wasn't a summit register on Ghost when I went! I have to check out Shake and Quake. They're on my ever-growing list.
ReplyDelete@Derek - If you look at the image I posted it shows the GM register was placed 01-29-2011. The Shake register was almost empty, nobody goes there. There was no Quake register I could find and it looked like the #1 BM was missing, only a pile of cement with a hole in the middle.
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