More Corrections.......

In this post I will tackle the the post "Ride 16: Kurt's Grotto and Petroglyphs". It's a whopper of a tale!

A)"The trailhead that they are making is 500 FEET UP IN THE AIR OVER A CLIFF! The trail now will be completely OFF LIMITS to most seniors! And to top it off, just when do they intend to make said trail? Even lame-brains would think to have the "stairs" or "switchbacks" or whatever they intend (it's a secret) in place before they blocked off the entire area!"

So, let me get this straight, you use to drive your OHV up and down a "Cliff" that is 500 FEET IN THE AIR! You are amazing! No wonder the area closed to motor vehicles is torn to pieces. That trail could be started right now, if you and your buddy's run out there with some jackhammers and chisels, and carve a nice stair case in that solid rock! That would make a nice volunteer project. "Volunteer" being the key word there. If most of the work being done out there is not up to your standards, why not be proactive, and lend your "expertise" next volunteer event?

B)"First Rock is still the same - the only area where a sign is the sole limitation and the walk is only a few feet. It is well taken care of, despite being the most accessible."

Excuse me, but is "First Rock" the one with the giant wall of graffiti and restored eroded hill climb to nowhere? Or the rock outcrop with the road driving almost straight through an agave roasting pit? Yeah right! Taken care of by whom? How many times did that area get "restored", only to be destroyed the next day? I think people just got bored destroying the same place over and over, so they're moving on down the road.

C)I will skip the whole repeat of the Falling Man Trail rantings. I have already commented on that issue.

D)"They've brought in mounds of Beaver Tail cacti and planted them in silly, pristine straight rows! They've brought in thousands of dollars worth of barrel cacti and planted them often too deep, not facing the correct direction, in trail bottoms with poor drainage! [I'm running out of exclamation points!]"

Thousands of dollars of cacti, huh? I thought they salvaged those for free from the Coyote Springs Development mess. And now you're a Botanist, as well. You never cease to amaze me! Desert ecosystems take a very, very long time to recover IF people leave them undisturbed. Maybe...these plants were not intended to survive, but merely keep the area from being disturbed over and over? Maybe give it some time to heal on it's own? Provide seed catchments? Just a thought......

E)Oh, and I put the BLM's link at the bottom of my page. But, I would have thought someone as "genius" as you could figure out how to use the Yellow Pages or Google it. Sheesh!