Great (?) Minds Think Alike! *
Part of the fun last June 21 was finding out just how far I could push my AWD - but not super-high clearance - Ford Escape, in order to reduce the necessary hikes from more than two miles down to a few hundred yards. As the traces of previous explorers got fainter and fainter, the sense of adventure grew and grew! I'm not talking goat-paths here, I'm talking six- or eight-foot wide strips taking off from goat paths where the percentage of sagebrush and rocks vs grass or gravel shifted from 70 or 80% to 30 or 40% ...
Next time out, weather permitting, I'm going to check out The Whiplash from the other side, as the sun will be much lower - and further south - in mid-September than it was on the summer solstice.
- Russo (muy) Loco
* I'm not questioning Scott's mind, just my own.