Mojave Desert (Kelso Dunes & Amboy Crater)

[tytytji]

Thank you very much for the tip!. Yes, I so some good fish there, too. But, I was there only for the sheep sighting. I'll bring my rod next time : )

[tytytji]

I'm a geology fan, so I am always excited to see those features like cinder cones and lava field : ) These two locations have been on my list of places to go for at least 10 years, yet I have not made a trip including near by Cima along Hwy 40... An Iguana (?) and other animals are pretty and interesting, too. As always, your video causes an urge in me to go there. Oh, I visited the upper Lytle Creek the other day. Unfortunately, I did not meet any big horns ; (

[davidsquall351]

@tytytji Hey I know your a fisherman and I have seen some nice fish in Third Stream canyon on the Middle fork lytle creek trail.

[bapyou]

I was here a long time ago. I remember people had used small rocks to "write" messages on the surface of the little playas in the bottom of the cinder cone (Amboy Crater). Are those "messages" still there? I've always wanted to go back and throw those rocks off to the side and "erase" the messages. I hate when people do stuff like that. I go into the wilderness to get away from people, not see more signs of them.

Inside this cinder cone are actually 3-4 "craters" indicating >1 eruption.

[davidsquall351]

@bapyou There are no messages on the crater but along Route 66 there are a few spots.

Yeah people are stupid,,,hehe

[bapyou]

Keep an eye out for ventifacts near Amboy Crater. They're all over the place out there.

Amboy Crater erupted just a few thousand years ago onto the surface of Bristol Dry Lake. Did you stop on the dry lake surface as you drove past the salt works out on Bristol DL? That's a cool experience. It's kind of difficult to find a spot to park on the roadside but worth it. The salt forms polygon slabs that have buckled and warped over the millenia since the lake dried.

[davidsquall351]

@bapyou Did not stop at Bristol I saw it but we had to get back home. Next time I am in the area I will walk out there too.

[bapyou]

I know it took you a long time to climb to the top of those dunes that you're walking on in the beginning of the video. Kelso Dunes are in a magnificent setting: Granite Mountains to the south; Providence Mts to the east; Old Dad Mts to the north. Fantastic.

Chuckwallas are fantastic. They can grow to 1 1/2 feet long. If you corner one it'll back into a crevice, fill itself with air & wedge in. Indians poked them with a sharp stick to deflate them & then roast them over fire. Yum!

[davidsquall351]

@bapyou Those Chuckwallas do have alot of meat on them....Hehe

[fhood]

Nice footage of the lizards! I never see lizards that big out in the desert. The only ones I see all over the place are the really small ones.

[luvwestern]

Cool lizards!!!

[SarahsAdventures]

Awesome lizards...Lola would have lost her mind!

[davidsquall351]

@SarahsAdventures I bet...lol

[mobiltec]

I think that last lizard was making a pass at you!

[davidsquall351]

@mobiltec Hehe