Friday, January 22, 2010

Matancitas Wash

Geocaching (www.geocaching.com) takes you to places you would never find on your own. This time a cache placed by Team Casa Buena, folks who run a most comfortable bed-and-breakfast-hotel here in La Paz, took us to the Matancitas Wash. It's just off the road that runs from La Paz to Los Muertos; a little sign points off to the left, and from there it is a few kilometers on a narrow, winding, (in spots) wash-board packed-sand road.



Pull off the road and wander through the desert, scramble down scree-slick arroyos, and you find yourself in a breathtaking wash a couple hundred yards wide, filled with smooth white sand. It is flat and firm enough to serve as a road for cars and trucks traveling from ranchos and remote houses to the main highway.



In the middle of the wash we came across an old well. The car wheels used to wind the rope up worked, with a rusty hand crank off to one side. But the well was filled with sand...and now Patsy!



3 comments:

Doug and Carla Scott said...

Looks like you are still enjoying your land time! Hope you get your weather window very soon!

Anonymous said...

It's a joy reading your blog. I wish you to travel save and sound. Keep on writing!

Ana said...

Looks like your cruising just keeps getting better and better!