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1 DESERT EXPLORERS 4WD SECTION OF THE MOJAVE RIVER VALLEY MUSEUM NO. 221 SEPTEMBER 2014

Future Trips

Mono Basin and Bodie Hills History

Trip

September 19-21

Leader: Bob Jacoby

CB: 13

T his will be three days of fun in

the Mono Basin and Bodie Hills

area of the eastern Sierra. The

emphasis will be on ghost towns and

history of the area. You can join us for

one, two or all three days of fun. We

will be headquartered out of Lee Vining

and will return there every evening.

The first day, 9/19, will be an

exploratory trip to the Sweetwater

Mountains north of Lee Vining near

Bridgeport. The plan is to visit the

mining camp sites of Clinton, Belfort

and Boulder Flat. We will access these

venues by taking the rough and rugged

Sullivan Canyon Road. We have never

explored the Sweetwaters before and

this should be great fun.

The second day, 9/20, we will leave

Lee Vining and head for Bodie Ghost

town on the very interesting , historic,

and somewhat rugged Bodie/Lundy

wagon road. After lunch around Bodie

we will tour the massive ghost town

and, hopefully, visit the very impressive

stamp mill with a docent. After the tour

we will head down the partially paved

Bodie Road and visit the historic town

site of Dogtown. We will then return to

Lee Vining for a group dinner at

Nicely’s that evening.

On Sunday we will visit the ruins of

Masonic. This was a very active mining

camp in a beautiful canyon. The road

getting there will absolutely require high

clearance and four wheel drive. This

promises to be a very scenic trip in

September.

For most people this will be a long

way to come but very much worth it.

There are excellent camp sites in and

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IN THIS ISSUE

NO. 221 SEPTEMBER 2014

Photo by Marian Johns

D.E. Meeting!

Saturday, Sept. 6 11:00 a.m.

Allan & Ding Wicker’s House

1430 Sitka

Claremont, CA

Phone 909-445-0082

Potluck!Potluck!Potluck!


around Lee Vining along with plenty of

motels. If you plan to attend, contact

Bob Jacoby at [email protected].

Member Doings

Remembering Dwight Stroud

Submitted by Homer Meek

Photo by Marian Johns Photo by Marian Johns

Dwight Stroud on a road ?? leading south from the Roman Mine, east of California, Nevada, Arizona, hoping it would connect to Christmas Tree Pass.

Dwight Stroud at the remains of a Waddle and Daub constructed cowboy shack, 12/22/2007

in the Cottonwood Mountains. Dwight Stroud checking out a wagon train

camp site in the Peacock Mountains, 2007 .

Dwight Stroud in 2007 at a ruin, possibly in the Peacock Mountains.

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Return to Namibia Part I

By: Anne Stoll

T he return to Namibia -- this means

visiting a good friend, very easy. We

landed in Windhoek, rented the car,

and after a few hours on Namibia’s

excellent, nearly empty main highway, we

checked in to our B & B in the coastal town

of Swakopmund. The coast was already

shrouded in its famous wet fog, cool (it’s

winter there), slightly pungent and sticky.

The fog is a regular visitor, a fast-moving

gray blanket that brings moisture to the

creatures of the nearby Namib Desert. The

next day we drove into huge Namib-

Naukluft National Park headed for our

remote lodge, the Wüstenquell Private

Nature Reserve. En route we passed through

the Welwitschia Plain and marveled at these

crazy, ancient plants. This one could be

1000 years old!

We stayed

three nights at

the Wüstenquell,

relaxing and (of

course) looking

at archaeological

sites. It is a

lovely middle-of

-nowhere place

with several

special features.

One of them is this

nasty HUGE grasshopper

– they were everywhere.

OK, they don’t do

anything except eat

(including each other)

but still. A much more pleasant feature of

Wüstenquell are the lovely wind-sculpted

granite rocks.







The favorite sundowner place is Eagle

Rocks, here threatening to devour George.

This is our host, Oliver Rüst, showing us an

ingenious ladder used long ago to collect hon-

ey from the slot above – now clearly the home

of a large bird. An often-used hearth was ob-

served nearby, along with assorted artifacts.

Next – the very unusual painted rock art at

Wüstenquell.

Return to Namibia Part II

By: Anne Stoll

S o we left off with grasshoppers –

and a gin and tonic -- on the

terrace at a cool lodge in the

middle of nowhere in Namibia. At this

place there is a single remarkable rock

art panel located in what is

imaginatively called Bushman’s Cave.



These images (normal digital and DStretched) are certainly San – painted by San people sometime in the past. They are not

fakes, we are convinced. However they are also very weird and not much like any other San paintings we’ve seen in Namibia or

elsewhere. I believe they are more recent than the San paintings of the Erongos, but it’s just a hunch at this point. Don’t you love

the cascade of little people tumbling down the wall? One atypical detail is the way some of the animals are turned face on, look-

ing at us; there are no fewer than three of those here.


A few more Rondy

2014 Photos by

Allan Wicker

Photo by Allan Wicker




An interesting grouping here, almost everyone looking to the left, some with outstretched arms, some clapping or? One appears

to be a shepherd with hat, crook and dog.

But wait there’s more. (To be continued in future issues.)

Steve and Kate after the Silent Auction.



My aunt gave me this a few year’s ago - It’s good medicine. - Submitted by Debbie Miller Marschke

Vicki and Ana take a break from the Silent Auction.

Amargosa Canyon bugs.


All trips require a four wheel drive vehicle and a working CB unless otherwise specified by the trip leader.

Non-complying vehicles will not be allowed on trips. Leaders may authorize a variance at their discretion.

Peter Austin [email protected]

Bill Baird [email protected]

Bruce Barnett [email protected]

Mike Berger [email protected]

Ted Berger [email protected]

Robert Bolin [email protected]

June Box [email protected]

David Bullock [email protected]

Graham Cooper [email protected]

Rick Cords [email protected]

John Dark [email protected]

Robert J. Day [email protected]

Marten DeGroot [email protected]

Daniel Dick [email protected]

Richard Dotson [email protected]

Jerry Dupree [email protected]

Jerry Etchison [email protected]

Jeff Evans [email protected] De’Angelo Fernandez [email protected]

Leonard Friedman [email protected]

David P. Given [email protected]

Bill Gossett [email protected]

Sunny Hansen [email protected]

Jerry Harada jkh357.sbcglobal.net

Emmett Harder [email protected]

Alan Heller [email protected]

Vicki Hill [email protected]

Alan Hodes [email protected]

Charles Hughes [email protected]

Robert J. Jacoby [email protected]

Steve Jarvis [email protected]

Bob Jaussaud [email protected]

Neal Johns [email protected]

Ted Kalil [email protected]

Myrtie Keddy [email protected]

Richard Kenney [email protected]

Doris Lance [email protected]

Jay Lawrence [email protected]

Ron Lipari [email protected]

Gregon Losson [email protected]

Cheryl Mangin [email protected]

Steve Marschke [email protected]

Marilyn Martin [email protected]

Dave McFarland [email protected]

Joan McGovern-White [email protected]

Homer Meek [email protected]

Dan Messersmith [email protected]

Ron Midlikoski [email protected]

Debbie Miller [email protected]

Ellen Miller [email protected]

Nelson Miller [email protected]

Chuck Mitchell [email protected]

Robert M. Monsen [email protected]

Robert M. Myers [email protected]

Deborah Nakamoto [email protected]

Bill Neill [email protected]

Stuart Nicol [email protected]

Carl Noah [email protected]

Terry Ogden [email protected]

John Page [email protected]

Mel Patterson [email protected]

Robert Peltzman [email protected]

Kristen Proffitt Kristen [email protected]

Fred Raab [email protected]

Steven Richards [email protected]

Bob Rodemeyer [email protected]

Ana M. Romero [email protected]

Jean Roode [email protected]

Malcolm Roode [email protected]

Ron Ross rgrossjr @jpl.nasa.gov

Daniel Ruops [email protected]

Nan Savage [email protected]

Sherry Schmidt [email protected]

Allan Schoenherr [email protected]

Glen Shaw [email protected]

Stan Sholik [email protected]

Danny Siler [email protected]

Mignon Slentz [email protected]

Joan Steiner [email protected]

Anne Stoll [email protected]

George Stoll [email protected]

Gene Stoops [email protected]

Donald Sweinhart [email protected]

Loren Upton [email protected]

Mike Vollmert [email protected]

Betty Wallin [email protected]

Al Walter [email protected]

James Watson [email protected]

Matt Westlake [email protected]

Allan Wicker [email protected]

CURRENT DESERT EXPLORERS WITH EMAIL

OUR FEARFUL LEADERSOUR FEARFUL LEADERS NAME KNOWN AS ADDRESS CITY STATE ZIP HOME PH. CELL PH. E-MAIL Robert & Shirley Bolin Distributors Emeritus 1066 Corsica Place Costa Mesa California 92626 714-549-4361 [email protected] David Given Tire-Some Fellow :-) 12848 Gifford Way Victorville California 92392 760-956-1776 951-757-3128 [email protected] Bill Gossett Wild Bill 433 Valley Street Ridgecrest California 93555 760-375-6169 775-537-7717 [email protected] Jean Hansen Sure Foot, Secretary Emeritus P.O. Bx. 290729 Phelan California 92329 760-868-5316 [email protected] Sunny Hansen Glyphologist P.O. Bx. 290729 Phelan California 92329 760-868-5316 760-217-7555 [email protected] Emmett Harder Scotty 18201 Muriel Avenue San Bernardino California 92407 909-887-3436 909-260-7189 [email protected] Ruth Harder DE Chairperson 18201 Muriel Avenue San Bernardino California 92407 909-887-3436 909-260-7189 [email protected] Alan Heller Big Al 277 Opal Canyon Road Duarte California 91010 626-893-0321 626-893-3266 [email protected] Vicki Hill Glyphartist 26111 Parmelee Court Hemet California 92544 951-306-4464 951-927-6476 [email protected] Charles Hughes He Who Talks Funny P.O. Box 1893 Hampton NH 03842 928-763-3927 [email protected] Mary Hughes Young and Enthusiastic P.O. Box 1893 Hampton NH 03842 928-763-3927 [email protected] Bob Jacoby Treasurer 2245 Wellesley Avenue Los Angeles California 90064 310-490-6873 [email protected] Bob Jaussaud Sue’s Husband & Chairman Viejo P.O. Box 5279 Mohave Valley Arizona 86446-5279 818-585-6468 [email protected] Sue Jaussaud Chairchick Vieja P.O. Box 5279 Mohave Valley Arizona 86446-5279 760-876-9227 [email protected] Marian Johns Chairperson Emeritus & Neal Keeper 406 Lytle Creek Road Lytle Creek California 92358 909-887-1549 [email protected] Neal Johns Chm. Emeritus, Aridologist, Asst. Ed. 406 Lytle Creek Road Lytle Creek California 92358 909-887-1549 [email protected] Ted Kalil Aged Athlete 22170 Moonbeam Trail Apple Valley California 92308 760-240-0406 760-985-6307 [email protected] Jay Lawrence Quicksand Guy, Ed. Emeritus, Sec. 530 Ohio Avenue Long Beach California 90814 562-760-1999 [email protected] Marilyn Martin Editor Emeritus P.O. Box 291759 Phelan California 92329-1759 760-868-6606 760-641-1483 [email protected] Debbie Miller Marschke Webchick/Roadrunner 4904 Reynolds Road Torrance California 90505 310-543-1862 [email protected] Steve Marschke The Quiet Man 4904 Reynolds Road Torrance California 90505 310-543-1862 951-316-6545 [email protected] Joan McGovern-White Newsletter Distributor Emeritus 33624A Winston Way Temecula California 92592 951-303-3021 [email protected] Nelson Miller The Planner 13043 Quapaw Road Apple Valley California 92308 760-247-0984 951-733-5242 [email protected] Dan Messersmith M.O.E. Chief & Jeep Sleeper 2945 E, Leroy Avenue Kingman Arizona 86409 928-757-8953 928-715-0579 [email protected] Bill Neill Tamarisk Eradicator 6623 Craner Ave. North Hollywood California 91606-2022 818-769-0678 [email protected] John Page Trip Coordinator Emeriitus, Aridologist 3675 Gingerwood Court Thousand Oaks California 91360 805-493-1128 805-660-1218 [email protected] Bob Peltzman Lost Again 32014 Grenville Court Westlake Village California 91361 818-865-8464 [email protected] Bob Rodemeyer Sir Bob 1864 Chesapeake Way Corona California 92880 951-642-0776 [email protected] Malcolm Roode Trip Coordinator 7014 Mountain Avenue Highland California 92346 909-907-0767 [email protected] Jean Roode Subscription & Newsletter Editor 7014 Mountain Avenue Highland California 92346 909-907-0767 909-534-3822 [email protected] Nan Savage Newsletter Distributor/Xterra Terror 12354 Sarah Street Studio City California 91604 818-766-0401 [email protected] Allan Schoenherr The Good Allan 414 Bluebird Canyon Dr. Laguna Beach California 92651 949-494-0675 [email protected] Richard/Lori Shapel Museum Trip Leaders P. O. Box 412 Yermo California 92398 760-254-3997 406-291-1448 [email protected] Glenn Shaw Desert Wanderer P. O. Box 68 Blue Diamond Nevada 89004 702-875-9136 [email protected] Anne Stoll Canologist 143 Monterrey Drive Claremont California 91711 909-621-7521 909-730-0137 [email protected] George Stoll Lens Cleaner 143 Monterrey Drive Claremont California 91711 909-621-7521 [email protected] Allan Wicker DE Chairperson Emeritus 1430 Sitka Court Claremont California 91711 909-445-0082 909-239-5786 [email protected]




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M.O.E. Trip Schedule

Leaders: Dan Messersmith/Dick Taylor

Sep. 21-27 Bartlett Lake, AZ — Moving Camp, Truck & Tent Camping

Oct. 19-24 Burro Creek, AZ — RV Base Camp with Truck & Tent options

Interested? Email [email protected] or [email protected]

Desert Explorers Trip Schedule

September 21-23 Mono Basin and Bodie Hills History Trip Jacoby

Contact Mal Roode at [email protected] if you are interested in leading a trip.

Desert Explorer Ham List

Janet Austin ................. Diamond Bar ... KF6FZE Pete Austin ................... Diamond Bar ... KF6FZD

Bill Baird .............................. Yucaipa ... KF7VE

Trudy Baird .......................... Yucaipa ... KD6NVY Bruce Barnett .............................Brea ... KD6BOY

David Bullock ............... Los Angeles ... N3CUE

De’Angelo Fernandez ........... Eastvale ... KG6YGD Barbara Gossett ................ Ridgecrest ... KI6YLR

Bill Gossett ....................... Ridgecrest ... KI6YLQ

Neal Johns ...................... Lytle Creek ... AG6HR Ted Kalil ...................... Apple Valley ... KG6AIT

Jay Lawrence .................. Long Beach ... KI6KAV

Homer Meek........................ Torrance ... K6HKT Steve Marschke ................... Torrance ... KK6EOS

Debbie Miller-Marschke ..... Torrance ... KK6EOW

Carl Noah ....................... Lake Forest ... AB7KD Nancy Noah .................... Lake Forest ... AE6XL

Bob Rodemeyer ..................... Corona ... N6ROD

Malcolm Roode .................. Highland ... KF6GZH

Joan Steiner .............................. Irvine ... KJ6AIK

Betty Wallin ........ Desert Hot Springs ... KD6CY

Al Walter .......................... San Diego ... KG6SGM

General Trip Information

1. The Mojave River Valley Museum has two sections (groups) that explore the desert environment (Museum

membership required):

a. The Desert Explorers, who use 4WD vehicles and cover the Southwestern states and Mexico/Baja, camping

out wherever nightfall catches them. The trips are led by numerous experienced Desert Explorers subscrib-

ers. The Desert Explorers newsletter is available for $10 a year.

b. The Mojave River Explorers, who establish a base camp in the Mojave desert, usually with motorhomes and

trailers, and make daily 4WD/2WD sorties, attempting to find seats for those without 4WD vehicles, return-

ing to camp each night. The trips are led by experienced Museum members who, collectively, have spent

decades learning the hidden wonders of the Mojave. Their newsletter is available for $7/year from editor and

Field Trip Leaders Richard and Lori Shapel 760-254-3897.

2. You MUST be a member of the Mojave River Valley Museum to attend a trip. Membership applications are

included in every newsletter. Exception: Guests in member’s vehicle are allowed but are encouraged to join

the Museum. Guests who drive their own vehicle must make a $10 contribution to the Mojave River Valley

Museum.

3. When you join a trip, you agree to abide by the decisions and directives of the leader throughout the trip or

until such time as you inform the leader that you are leaving the group to proceed on your own. The leader

may, if his decisions or directives are not followed, inform a participant that his participation in the trip is

terminated.

4. The Desert Explorers is a family oriented 4WD organization. Spouses and kids are welcome. Friendly dogs

are OK as specified below. Trips will meet and depart from somewhere near the trip route, usually not from

the Museum.

5. To receive the Desert Explorers’ Newsletter, send $10 for a subscription to Jean Roode, 7014 Mountain

Avenue, Highland, CA 92346. Make the check out to Mojave River Valley Museum (MRVM).

Communications: CB is required and is the normal mode of communications between vehicles on a trip. Channel

13 is the Desert Explorers’ channel. Its a good idea to monitor it whenever you are driving so that other members

can contact you should they spot your vehicle on the road.

Weekend Trips: There is normally one major trip each month. This will be the trip on which you can look around

and find old friends, new friends, collect debts, flirt with other wives/husbands and lie about other trips. There

may be another trip during the month for people who have time for it or can’t make the main trip. The purpose of

all this is to generate more coherence as a group and get everybody to know everybody. We stole this idea from

the Mojave River Explorers. Don’t forget their fixed-camp trips on the first weekend of the month.

Trip Coordinator: Malcolm Roode. Send your trip proposals to Mal. Mal will resolve any time conflicts and

maybe bug you if you are late with a promised trip write-up. He will also coordinate private trips for subscribers

upon request (see below).

Non Museum sponsored trip Point of Contact: We publish reports of subscribers’ non museum sponsored trips

in order to fill the pages, encourage you to get out into The Great American Desert, and to amuse and entertain

you. Some trips, because of time or limited number of people, are not suitable for official Museum trip status. Our

Trip Coordinator is the point of contact for Subscribers having or wanting to go on a non Museum sponsored trip.

Potluck: There will be a Potluck on Saturday night of our weekend trips unless otherwise noted by the Leader.

Trip Details: Participants may be required to send a SASE to the trip leader to receive information on trip meet-

ing place and other details. A SASE is a self addressed stamped envelope.

Finances: The cost of preparing and mailing the Desert Explorers newsletter is covered by the annual subscrip-

tion fee as are extraordinary out-of-pocket expenses by Trip Leaders or members, which are incurred as a result of

Desert Explorers activities. These expenses include costs of telephone calls, office supplies and postage but do not

include any travel expenses, vehicle damage or personal injures. Other extraordinary expenses must be authorized

by the Executive Committee.

Hot Tips for Leaders:

1. The leader is responsible for sending the trip announcement and trip report to the newsletter editor. The write-

ups should be detailed enough so the participants will know what to expect and, if possible, have enough

information in it so that a SASE is not necessary. (See the ones in this issue for examples.)

2. Try not to schedule trips on the first weekend of the month. This weekend is used regularly by the Mojave

River Explorers for their outings.

3. Try not to use a reservation system or vehicle limits unless absolutely necessary. This will save paperwork for

everyone. Request a SASE if necessary for sending out further trip details, meeting place, time, etc.

4. Support your other leaders’ trips (by attending) or the Trail Gods will get you.

5. Maximum loss (vehicles or people) is 10% per trip.

6. Leaders, please put your CB Channel 13 (or other channel if circumstances prevent using Desert Explorers’

channel 13) in your trip write-up.

Dog Policy: Dogs can become a problem in camp mainly because of the large number of them and the sometimes

blind eye of their humans. Therefore, and forevermore we will have a Dog Policy so that shy leaders will not

have to make ad hoc policy.

1. Bringing a dog on a trip requires the ADVANCE PERMISSION of the Leader!

2. Dogs will be leashed/confined during happy hour & mealtimes.

3. People with dogs will be expected to clean up any poop in the campsite.

4. Dogs that fight, harass wildlife, eat small children etc., will be confined and banned from future trips.

Organizational Fine Print and Choice Pieces of Potentially Useful Information

We need trips!! Let’s go somewhere and explore. Mal will help

you plan a trip, just contact him at [email protected].

10 DESERT EXPLORERS 4WD SECTION OF THE MOJAVE RIVER VALLEY MUSEUM NO. 221 SEPTEMBER

Where Am I? Here are the Solution and Winners for August. White Mountains near the Patriarch Tree. Winners: Jay Lawrence, Mal

Roode, Allan Schoenherr, Leonard Friedman and Homer Meek. “A Journey Through Time: Standing as ancient sentinels high

atop the White Mountains of the Inyo National Forest, the Great Basin Bristlecone Pines rank as the oldest trees in the world,

having achieved immense scientific, cultural and scenic importance.

Originally classified as a foxtail pine because of the needle arrangement (like a cat's or fox's tail), these trees were

redesignated in the late 1800s and named bristlecone due to the long, prickly "bristle" on the immature cone. In 1963, Dr. Dana

K. Bailey determined that there were significant genetic and physical differences between the

bristlecones in the Great Basin and those in the Rocky Mountains. His research efforts

resulted in another re-designation into two separate species named bristlecone: the Rocky

Mountain Bristlecone Pine and the Great Basin Bristlecone Pine.

In the White Mountains, the ancient bristlecone pines seem to show a preference for

growing on the white, rocky soil that gives the name to this mountain range. This is

Dolomite, a type of limestone created under the warm, shallow sea that once covered this

area. This Dolomite is very alkaline in soil chemistry and thus makes for very challenging

growing conditions: precisely why the oldest trees are found here. The bristlecone pines don't

actually "prefer" this soil type. Other plant species have a difficult time growing in it and the

bristlecones, because they have adapted to this high alkalinity, have a chance to get

established and grow in a near competition-free environment. In other areas such as the Great

Basin National Park, bristlecones have established themselves on soil types that are equally

inhospitable to all but the most hearty of survivors: the ancient bristlecone pines.

Every year, trees produce a new layer of wood just under the bark. During a dormant

period, or time of slower growth, a narrow band of dark wood is produced, which when

added to the lighter colored "summer growth," produces what we see as a distinguishable tree

ring. In wet years, the width of this new wood is usually wider than in years of drought. The bristlecone pines are known as

great recorders of these climatic variances due to their high sensitivity to changes in annual precipitation.

Researchers use a device called an increment borer to extract a small cross-section of a tree. This sample provides a look at

each tree ring and enables scientists to determine both the both the age and the pattern of its growth. There are many trees in the

bristlecone pine forest of the White Mountains that exceed 4,000 years of age, and are still growing!”- Submitted by Bob

Peltzman


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Directions to Allan and Ding Wicker’s House

In Claremont from the I-10 go north on Indian Hill Blvd. Past Foothill Blvd. At the third break in the median (counting from Foothill) turn left into the entrance to Griswold’s townhomes. You will see a set of three gates connected to an ivy-covered wall and tile-roofed townhomes. From the I-210 eastbound the closest exit is Towne Ave. Then south (right) on Towne to Foothill, (left) on Foothill to Indian Hill. From the I-210 westbound get off at Baseline and go west on Baseline to Indian Hill Blvd. Turn left (south). Approach the northern-most gate at the entrance. Stop there, and at the keyboard punch 037. (There is a directory.) That will ring Allan’s phone, and he will answer and open the gate from his phone. Once the gate opens, pass through it turning right immediately. Then follow the street until the first left opportunity. Turn left and again left at the next opportunity. The address is 1430 Sitka. Park in any available parking area-not along the curb. The 1430 on the side of the house should be visible from the street. Walk up the driveway, and follow the sidewalk to the house entrance. Desperation calls for assistance (909) 445-0082.

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