Our hike from Wild Horse Canyon in the Mojave National Preserve

One of the reasons we chose this dispersed camping spot for our final days of our road trip was because there was a hike we wanted to take from here. Last year we camped in this area, although at a different spot, and tried to take the hike we wanted. However, we couldn't because I had a foot injury.

So, we waited a year, and tried again.

And it turned out to be one of our top hikes ever, and this is saying a lot because in less than four years together we have taken over 325 hikes!

What made it special?

First, we saw no evidence that anyone else had been where we were hiking in many, many years, if ever.

Second, it was stunningly beautiful.

Third, there was no trail. We carved our own, and had to find our route ourselves. This made it exciting.

So what was the hike?

It began by descending a deep drop off from our camping spot in the Providence Mountains, scrambling down hundreds of feet. We were trying to reach meadows that we could see. And then we needed to find our way back, by scrambling a different route.

Here it is!

First we had to boulder scram down several hundred feet

This photo shows the hill we scrambled down. See Vicky?

After we descended several hundred feet we saw a broad meadow that we wanted to try for:

We made it there, enjoyed our success, and then worked our way back to our camper using a differeent route.

This was our view of our camper on our way "home."

We will never forget this day.

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