The maps I’m looking at have a bridge marked up a canyon near where I have been the last two days, near the base of the canyon there is also a notation of some Horse Tanks. I though these would be man made tanks like those for cattle, but not at all! I drove right to the end of the little road I started on yesterday and discovered that there were two information signs about the canyon, truly in the middle of nowhere.

Just a few yards down the path Biff found the first water.

Naturally he had to take a dip.

The water just trickles down over the rocks.

The wildlife people have built some dams to increase the amount of water available, primarily for desert bighorn sheep. I didn’t see any large wildlife the entire time I was in the area.

Some of the tanks were quite large, this one was at least 6 feet deep.


Looking back down the canyon from above the first set of tanks.

The canyon got narrower and a bit steeper, by now it was obvious I wasn’t in the right canyon for the bridge.

In places it was almost tropical.

At the top, looking over to the King Valley beyond the humps.

Biff seemed bemused by the amount of water.

This scene reminded of home in Wayne County with all the rocks laying about.


There has obviously been a lot of rain recently, the desert is lush.