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There is just absolutely nothing out here. Gangs of mosquitos, a lone hare, and a single raven. The full extent of wildlife I, personally, saw. No parking lot or building of any kind. No real trails. Just. Dirt. And, scrub brush that's not really even big enough to be called a bush. My dog and I walked around a little bit, and might have stayed longer, if I'd had bug spray, or something. It's highly unlikely that we'll return, though. Overall, it wasn't worth the trip. You could pull over literally anywhere and get what I got out of that. Any rest area, in fact, I'm sure. But, you'd, then, have access to potable water and facilities.
It's a fairly standard desert scrub landscape, but it's a nice combination of secluded yet close to a town. I always appreciate a free place to camp, too. However, you need to be very careful if you don't have 4WD, because it's very easy to get your car sucked into the sand. My car sank into the sand and I had to spend half the day searching for someone who was even willing to come out on those dirt roads to tow me out.
Such a beautiful sunrise. We went there to try and find a natural hot spring late one night. We are from Oregon and not familiar with the quicksand sticky mud. Anyway long story short we couldn't find our way out, our car got stuck, we had to camp out, AAA wouldn't come cause we were to far from the road (won't be paying for that anymore)and the worst part is the hot springs were hardly warm and so much settlement and 3feet or more of mud to walk in. On the good side there is an amazing tow truck company "Smith 'N Tobey" that came to our rescue. Carmen was on point. He searched until he found is and I will tell you he worked hard for what he charged. He had everything anyone would ever need to get anything out of anywhere and his energy and excitement was comforting. Thank you to Carmen and his wife for having a good heart and not abandoning us cause it was a risk and time consuming.
