Hike into the Superstition's for X-mas

[BenThereDoneThat]

Had a few 4-5 hours to kill, went up hog canyon looking for something of particular interest to me when I spotted a cave way up that looked like it was blackened with camp fire smoke so i diverted my trek and made the climb Took up all my time trying to reach this cave, found an interesting name on the ceiling as well as some iron wood logs that someone had to hump up to the cave to use as a ladder................Plus some critter shots

[Produce Guy]

Nice pictures

[maui]

wow, thanks for the great pictures. did you find anything interesting in side the cave?
take care and be carefull out there. ron

[BenThereDoneThat]

wow, thanks for the great pictures. did you find anything interesting in side the cave?
take care and be carefull out there. ron

The El Gato was a really interesting find, as there are story's of an El Gato "Mexican" or "Spaniard" in the supe's that made maps of the area back in the day. Also found a tent and a rolled up blanket stashed in the cave, Guess they just didnt wanna carry it back down the mtn after climbing up there

[mrs.oroblanco]

Nice pics.

Good thing that gila monster was outside where you could see him.

B

[olepossum]

the cat my uncle and aunts property lay just below the sups in apj he has 2 or 3 dry washs that run through his property going there this spring after the high country melts and doing some mding with the dfx 300 on prospect mode and maybe some dry washing with a sluice i have been working on

[BenThereDoneThat]

Nice pics.

Good thing that gila monster was outside where you could see him.

B

Was rather chilly for him! Im surprised he was even out in the open like that..........the full size makes for a nice puter background

[djui5]

Cool pics. Did u climb to the top and see those markings?

That "El Gato" looks really "young".

[BenThereDoneThat]

Didnt get to the top of Hog Canyon.........
The El Gato is 1948, Before my time but was in good condition and found it interesting as the day before i took off up that direction i came across a little reading about an El Gato, wasnt much and I cant recall which site it was on.

[mrs.oroblanco]

It's nice to be out at this time of year.

We've run into gilas in Az, but always out in the open, in the warmth.

I did however, underestimate the snakes quite awhile ago - (years) I was sure they were gone, we'd had cold, cold weather. Saw this round hole inside an old mine, and I took my flashlight to look into it. Surprised me - there was a snake with a hold of a kangaroo rat!!!! (glad he was busy, that could have been a real problem - and I don't do that anymore).

Glad you are back, by the way.

B

[djui5]

Glad you are back, by the way.

B

Thanks I'll be around now and then.

[Skywola]

Great photos!

[SGnAZ]

Nice photos

[Cachefinder]

do u think the lovebirds in the cave before u -- wrote the "El Gato" ?

or is it...................? a sign?

Cachefinder-

[BenThereDoneThat]

do u think the lovebirds in the cave before u -- wrote the "El Gato" ?

or is it...................? a sign?

Cachefinder-

No sign, Just some ol guy scratching his John Henry on the wall.........
He wrote his name a few times........ one had a 2-4-48 ......could be the mans birthday or the day he scratched on the wall.