Final Update: The actual location is described HERE. If you go to the Cottonwood Springs Road location described in this post, you will not find us there. You may well have a good time, but you won’t have a good time with US.
{UPDATE: As soon as I posted this, our friend Florian suggested a couple nearby places that he thinks would be better. We're going to check them out tomorrow, and I will update accordingly tomorrow evening. Nothing much should change other than the precise directions. Travel times and list of things to bring will be pretty close to the same.]
I've scouted out a tentative location for the Coyote Crossing meetup on Oct 14-16 to replace a location I had in mind that was made inaccessible by recent flash floods.
That location is along Cottonwood Spring Road {update: NO, it isn't. It's here, instead., just outside the boundaries of Joshua Tree National Park — which is closed at this location due to flood damage.
This is a BLM-managed area, long used as a campsite. Unless there is subsequent flooding, or unless someone in the area comes up with a better place in the next two or three days, this is where we’ll meet.
There will be:
-Newly green post-flood desert plants including creosote, jojoba, ironwood and palo verde;
- probable coyotes singing us to sleep or awake from sleep
- a freeway a mile away with noise level set to “quiet ambiance”
- plenty of private little places to lay out a sleeping bag or two, or a tent if you swing that way
- dramatic evidence of recent flash flooding
- a nice big tree that casts a little bit of shade
- campfire, especially if you bring a little firewood to pitch in
- NO running water nor toilet facilities closer than the convenience store at Chiriaco Summit,which is about four-five miles east on I-10
You Should Bring:
- Something to sit on, and something extra to sit on for others if you can
- food for yourself for as long as you plan to stay, though we’ll see if we can’t do some sort of potlucky thing, and I’ll take care of Sunday breakfast
- water, and lots of it: assume a gallon per person per day
- broad-brimmed hat, sunglasses, long-sleeved shirt/pants, and sunblock
- layers for after the sun goes down
- the usual other assorted camping equipment if you’re camping
You can also bring:
treats, drinks, jokes, binoculars, stories, hiking boots, cameras, and other such jollities
Directions: [Deleted. Look here instead.]
I’ll be there starting around lunchtime on Friday the 14th.
Google Map attached [Updated: no it isn’t.].
If you have not yet RSViPped, do so in comments here or send me an email.
See you there, I hope! [Updated: Not there. Here.]
What a great idea…
What a great idea! I can’t make it down to SoCal that weekend, but my thoughts will be with you all. Have a GREAT meetup!
Sounds awesome. Wish I could be there.