A Logandale Trails Getaway

All five of my family headed out to Logandale Trails for a day of riding.  Scott and Christy spent last weekend there camping for Valentine's Day and met some other people with RZRs.  That being said, Scott, Christy, and Chris went on a trail ride with the RZR club while Timm and I...and Cassy...went exploring on our own.  It's been a long time since we were out there and with all the recent rain it was great riding with very little dust.  There were lots of people camping this weekend, but according to Scott much less than last week. I forgot my camera...again...UGH, but I still had my phone with me so I did capture a few pictures to share. 

It started out to be a cloudy day but by 11 or so the some was coming out.  Because it was so cloudy I really thought we might see some bighorn sheep but none showed themselves for us.   We hiked back into the dam and petroglyphs, as you can see the dam has backed up a really nice bunch of water.  Just a couple of years ago we were able to ride all the way in here and to the rocks in the background.  There are petroglyphs all over them and unfortunately the abuse and destruction of a few has not closed it off to all so now everyone that wants to see them has to walk in...at least we can still do that. 

Cassy immediately made her way into the small lake and we played fetch for quite a while.  She didn't have to swim at any point but the water was on her chest in much of the lake.  Then of course, she has to roll around in the sand to dry off...what a fashion statement red sand is on a yellow lab.  I wish I could hide out with a camera to see all the wildlife that makes it way here for an evening drink of cool water.

I truly enjoyed myself today.  It's been a long time since just Timm and I went riding by ourselves.  Even though we didn't ride with the kids, we met up with them and finished off our day together.  Everyone had a great time riding, exploring, and watching others on the dunes. 

A day ride in Nelson

The girl likes to explore what can I say...and pose apparently.  I love this photo of Cassy...so inquisitive. What a bummer, I forgot my camera on this trip but snapped this photo on my phone. It's at Keyhole Canyon and it had rained just a day or two before we went out so there was still water trickling down the falls. 

This is a broad view of Keyhole Canyon, a cool place in the middle of the desert.  Many people visit this place and Scout troops often camp overnight there.

Ancient ones also found this place of great importance to the survival.  There are petroglyphs all over the place.  I wish I could understand all of it, I can catch some things but most elude me as to the meaning.  Scott took these photos, he called it "Indian Graffiti".

Scott, the RC rock crawler he is, had to try to crawl with his RZR at a place we've nicknamed "Bedrock".  It makes a great lunch stop.

All my guys made laps on a short loop on Chris' bad ass Outlaw.  It is one scary fast machine.  He can pop wheelies in 5th gear in the blink of an eye.

Although Christy didn't make it out that Sunday (still suffering from her wisdom teeth extraction), we had a great day riding.  The weather was awesome and sunny.  It had rained most of the week so there was no dust on the trails making it fabulous for everyone.  We covered some new trails that Timm discovered on the DAT club ride the weekend before...some really cool stuff.