Hole in the Ground and the Adventure to Find the Hole

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On the way to Hole in the Ground we took a wrong turn and ended up trucking down some old forest roads with no signs, no directions, and a profusion of turns to take.

This is a video of the crazy little forest tracks that we took as we headed through the forest trying to find Hole in the Ground.  We eventually ran across a downed tree that we couldn’t move and couldn’t easily drive around.  After some backtracking and taking other roads, we found a power line access road.

 

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There were a whole host of branches and small trees across the dirt rack.  Zach got out of the car and started smashing his way through the blockade.

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As Vera most likely said (or should have said if she didn’t), “ZACH SMASH!”

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If you’re a downed tree in the middle of the road, you don’t want to see Zach looking at you like this.


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Finally after a great deal of driving, we found Hole in the Ground.

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Some ATV riders were in the bottom of the hole.  Many years ago I hiked to the bottom and found a bowling ball and bowling pins.


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A view of the whole hole in the ground.

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Vera doing a kick jump at Hole in the Ground.


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Vera and Zach at our hard-won definition.

Lunch in the Juniper Forest

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After a fun time at Crack in the Ground, we went down the road a bit to have lunch.

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A couple cans of beer and some hot dogs made for a delicious lunch.

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While poking around our lunch spot, Heather and I found a garbage bag full of old VHS movies and a remote control for a VCR.  It appeared to us that this might have been where someone went after robbing a house in the area.  Why someone would steal VHS tapes and then dump them out in the desert is beyond me.

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A juniper standing sentinel.

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Thunderstorms in the distance.

IMG_7674Back on the road toward Christmas Valley.