Remnants of the old road into the canyon before the park put the bollards up
![Heading into Rockhouse Canyon at dusk Heading into Rockhouse Canyon at dusk](http://www.darensefcik.com/Photography/Anza-Borrego-Desert-State-Park/Rockhouse-Canyon-Carrizo-Gorge/i-GMtPSWc/0/M/dscf8358_2014-11-10-M.jpg)
I got in late at night and started looking for a place to put my sleeping gear down and found this guy
![Spotted this tarantula at night while looking for a place to put my sleep gear down for the night Spotted this tarantula at night while looking for a place to put my sleep gear down for the night](http://www.darensefcik.com/Photography/Anza-Borrego-Desert-State-Park/Rockhouse-Canyon-Carrizo-Gorge/i-pNSXWnM/0/M/dscf8367_2014-11-10_v2-M.jpg)
Not proud of any of these star shots, I need to dial in the new camera and it's settings
![Milky Way Milky Way](http://www.darensefcik.com/Photography/Anza-Borrego-Desert-State-Park/Rockhouse-Canyon-Carrizo-Gorge/i-rtBjPP6/0/M/dscf8372_2014-11-10_v2-M.jpg)
![Orions Belt Orions Belt](http://www.darensefcik.com/Photography/Anza-Borrego-Desert-State-Park/Rockhouse-Canyon-Carrizo-Gorge/i-2b8FnWf/0/M/dscf8417_2014-11-11-M.jpg)
![Orions Belt Orions Belt](http://www.darensefcik.com/Photography/Anza-Borrego-Desert-State-Park/Rockhouse-Canyon-Carrizo-Gorge/i-Rbd6tct/0/M/dscf8419_2014-11-11-M.jpg)
Moonrise
![This is the moon rising, great orange glow This is the moon rising, great orange glow](http://www.darensefcik.com/Photography/Anza-Borrego-Desert-State-Park/Rockhouse-Canyon-Carrizo-Gorge/i-7Kt4rJW/0/M/dscf8380_2014-11-10-M.jpg)
Here is a photo of the ranchers shack from an April 1947 Desert Magazine article and below is one I took on this trip. Much of the ocotillo still stands but one in particular right behind the shack is now gone.
![Cattlemans shack in Rockhouse Canyon in Carrizo Gorge from an April 1947 Desert Magazine article Cattlemans shack in Rockhouse Canyon in Carrizo Gorge from an April 1947 Desert Magazine article](http://www.darensefcik.com/Photography/Anza-Borrego-Desert-State-Park/Misc-ABDSP/i-pV6dxS6/0/M/cattlemans_shack_rockhouse_canyon_carrizo_gorge-M.jpg)
![Photo & Video Sharing by SmugMug Photo & Video Sharing by SmugMug](http://www.darensefcik.com/Photography/Anza-Borrego-Desert-State-Park/Rockhouse-Canyon-Carrizo-Gorge/i-BdjNK6x/0/M/dscf8461_2014-11-11_v2-M.jpg)
And some random shots inside the shack
![Photo & Video Sharing by SmugMug Photo & Video Sharing by SmugMug](http://www.darensefcik.com/Photography/Anza-Borrego-Desert-State-Park/Rockhouse-Canyon-Carrizo-Gorge/i-jbL8M25/0/M/dscf8445_2014-11-11-M.jpg)
![](http://www.darensefcik.com/Photography/Anza-Borrego-Desert-State-Park/Rockhouse-Canyon-Carrizo-Gorge/i-LFLzBMD/0/M/dscf8446_2014-11-11-M.jpg)
![](http://www.darensefcik.com/Photography/Anza-Borrego-Desert-State-Park/Rockhouse-Canyon-Carrizo-Gorge/i-XVhCQgv/0/M/dscf8448_2014-11-11-M.jpg)
![Nice place to punch bottle caps into Nice place to punch bottle caps into](http://www.darensefcik.com/Photography/Anza-Borrego-Desert-State-Park/Rockhouse-Canyon-Carrizo-Gorge/i-w6SkwTx/0/M/dscf8453_2014-11-11-M.jpg)
![View out the window into rockhouse canyon View out the window into rockhouse canyon](http://www.darensefcik.com/Photography/Anza-Borrego-Desert-State-Park/Rockhouse-Canyon-Carrizo-Gorge/i-HqqXTM3/0/M/dscf8457_2014-11-11-M.jpg)
So now for the real agenda of the trip....follow the water pipe from the trough up the mountainside and see where it goes
![](http://www.darensefcik.com/Photography/Anza-Borrego-Desert-State-Park/Rockhouse-Canyon-Carrizo-Gorge/i-Wx6xB23/0/M/dscf8464_2014-11-11-M.jpg)
![](http://www.darensefcik.com/Photography/Anza-Borrego-Desert-State-Park/Rockhouse-Canyon-Carrizo-Gorge/i-BHG2nNx/0/M/dscf8467_2014-11-11-M.jpg)
Along the way I found a Sky Blazer, lot 61 Oct 2010(?)
![SkyBlazer SkyBlazer](http://www.darensefcik.com/Photography/Anza-Borrego-Desert-State-Park/Rockhouse-Canyon-Carrizo-Gorge/i-xwhnPSV/0/M/dscf8468_2014-11-11-M.jpg)
![Expired Oct 1961 Expired Oct 1961](http://www.darensefcik.com/Photography/Anza-Borrego-Desert-State-Park/Rockhouse-Canyon-Carrizo-Gorge/i-NCSFV4h/0/M/dscf8469_2014-11-11-M.jpg)
Those damn ranchers were tough, that pipe went up 1,000+ feet to a palm oasis up on the ridge
![Palm Oasis 1,000' up the ridge Palm Oasis 1,000' up the ridge](http://www.darensefcik.com/Photography/Anza-Borrego-Desert-State-Park/Rockhouse-Canyon-Carrizo-Gorge/i-hngx4Cn/0/M/dscf8471_2014-11-11-M.jpg)
I lost the pipe in several places and it is now since broken apart but I could find sections all the way up to the palm grove
![Palm Oasis Palm Oasis](http://www.darensefcik.com/Photography/Anza-Borrego-Desert-State-Park/Rockhouse-Canyon-Carrizo-Gorge/i-BGNCzRz/0/M/dscf8472_2014-11-11-M.jpg)
![Palm Oasis Palm Oasis](http://www.darensefcik.com/Photography/Anza-Borrego-Desert-State-Park/Rockhouse-Canyon-Carrizo-Gorge/i-gvNXMFb/0/M/dscf8490_2014-11-11-M.jpg)
Awesome views of Carrizo Gorge and the desert floor up at the palm grove
![Looking down into Rockhouse and Carrizo Gorge form the Palm Oasis Looking down into Rockhouse and Carrizo Gorge form the Palm Oasis](http://www.darensefcik.com/Photography/Anza-Borrego-Desert-State-Park/Rockhouse-Canyon-Carrizo-Gorge/i-gthbfTL/0/M/dscf8483_2014-11-11_v2-M.jpg)
Some artifacts along the way
![Broken large arrow point Broken large arrow point](http://www.darensefcik.com/Photography/Anza-Borrego-Desert-State-Park/Rockhouse-Canyon-Carrizo-Gorge/i-3G63GZk/0/M/dscf8506_2014-11-11-M.jpg)
Figured I would stop and check out the pictographs while I was out that way
![Carrizo Gorge Pictographs Carrizo Gorge Pictographs](http://www.darensefcik.com/Photography/Anza-Borrego-Desert-State-Park/Rockhouse-Canyon-Carrizo-Gorge/i-PDcdvTN/0/M/dscf8524_2014-11-11_v2-M.jpg)
![Carrizo Gorge Pictographs Carrizo Gorge Pictographs](http://www.darensefcik.com/Photography/Anza-Borrego-Desert-State-Park/Rockhouse-Canyon-Carrizo-Gorge/i-6z864fr/0/M/dscf8535_2014-11-11-M.jpg)
![Carrizo Gorge Pictographs Carrizo Gorge Pictographs](http://www.darensefcik.com/Photography/Anza-Borrego-Desert-State-Park/Rockhouse-Canyon-Carrizo-Gorge/i-HTPJbK9/0/M/dscf8536_2014-11-11-M.jpg)
![Carrizo Gorge Pictographs Carrizo Gorge Pictographs](http://www.darensefcik.com/Photography/Anza-Borrego-Desert-State-Park/Rockhouse-Canyon-Carrizo-Gorge/i-HdJpDXd/0/M/dscf8537_2014-11-11-M.jpg)
![Carrizo Gorge Pictographs Carrizo Gorge Pictographs](http://www.darensefcik.com/Photography/Anza-Borrego-Desert-State-Park/Rockhouse-Canyon-Carrizo-Gorge/i-Zr7C5HS/0/M/dscf8551_2014-11-11-M.jpg)
Total Mylar Balloon count this trip - 3 (sorry, no picture)
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