Lime Kiln Canyon and Balanced Rock Ranch-with St George Jeepers

                    "Rockin and Rollin"

An easy trail

( mostly)

A great trip this day, lots of beautiful and varied scenery

Enjoying the scenery (and the wind) after some rock crawling.

Tis fun to see the signs of spring.

 A great spot for lunch!

12 rigs this day-a pleasant size group.

Break is over, time to leave for the next destination.

After going thru a huge Joshua Tree Forest,

This is our left turn sign.

The Johnson  (aka Balanced Rock) Ranch

in the Arizona Strip

The spring fed pond is a beautiful surprise 

and the area is a "Wildlife Study Area"

There are such interesting rocks on this property,

and we were told to watch for snakes near the rocks, since they encountered one the last time they were here.

Just weird rocks,

and lovely Joshua Tree blooms.

Heading back to the Mesquite, this is in the Whitney Pocket area.

This was a storage area for the Civilian Conservation Corp in the depression.

In the 30's the CCC built the wall and dam

to capture the rain water.  

Our fearless train guide scaled the steps to check on the water level.

( There wasn't any)

Can be kind of a scary view.

but it makes a nice place for lunch.

"bring your own water"

View from this area of the Gold Butte Monument

Time to "air up" and head out.

A great time was had by all.

-St George Jeepers -trip to Gooseberry Mesa

 We always enjoy the views of the 'back side' of Zion

and the 'meet and greet' sessions!

Beautiful views along the drive

See those bikers?

We are heading up to that area - 

along with many bike groups.

Loving the views!

gotta have selfies!

Lunch Stop

not easy with 30 jeeps!

This is probably the largest group I've been on.

It's all very well organized.

Love these arches😀

and the back side is good too.

Viewing the Smithsonian Buttes on the way out.

Great Day!

Desert Hot Springs

 

One of the area favorites is 

The Cafe at Shields Date Garden

We had a nice lunch with pleasant music.

Following lunch we get to see the whole gospel story in statues.

THE WALK

They have created a lovely garden walk that features 14 scenes and 23 sculptures that feature Christ's life.

Jesus selects his disciples

(He calls them out of the world:

note the location of the gas station and shopping center😀)

Jesus loves the children

Jesus is baptized

Healing of the paralytic

Triumphal Entry 

One week later they crucified him.

His death and resurrection gives us our Blessed Hope.

Just follow Him!

So far we have seen so few flowers, but they are just starting to bloom.

Coachella Valley Historical Museum

The Mexican pottery was certainly the most colorful part of the museum.

A Mexican Tree of Life is a hand coiled pottery sculpture depicting the biblical 

Tree of Life

This one looks like a 

Family Circus

Gotta be the ugliest I've seen

and pretty creepy.

A DESERT SUBMARINE

Built in the 1920's as a sleeping room.

The cooling process was having water trickle down over burlap covered metal walls. With evaporation the interior was cooled.

This process led to the evaporative cooler still popular today.

In the late 1950's there were still a hundred or more of these at the 

Southern Pacific Railroad yards as sleeping rooms for railroad crews.

Thats all for now.

See you all soon!

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