Cootonwood Springs ride

We rode out  out  of  our  campsite on BLM land behind the  town of Goldfield for a day  ride to Cottonwood Springs  with Ron Stolp. It  was a  nice  cool morning after a  previous  day  of Showers. The  trail was #3515 which was  mostly  jeep and  ATV trails. Mostly  rocky except  for the  occaisional sand draw that we  rode in.

We headed NW from Goldfield towards the Goldfield  Mountains.

We passed many Cholla Cactus along  the  way. This  is  commonly known as  "jumping  Cactus" by the  locals and  is a  total disaster when your  animal comes  in contact with it. Peg has  had  several contacts with this  stuff on this  trip but so far, nobody has  gotten hurt. Notice  the  nursery at the  bottom of  this big plant. When you  ride  through it , it kicks up and sticks to anything. Try  to pick it off without  a weatherman tool or Big  tooth comb  and  you have it  stuck in you. To rid yourself of  it , You have  to "Flick it off" with a  comb or  other object.

We saw this really  cool dry waterfall on the  ride too. Although it was  dry, you could see that after a big  rain, it flowed pretty  darn good!

The girls  taking a  break and eating some green grass along the  trail.

Cottonwood Springs

Ron rode  to the  top to checkout  a  potential gold mine.

Maude and I wait  for Ron to come  back down from the  top of  the  hill. There  wasnt really  room for three of  us to be up there.