Burro Mountain Adventure

 

Burro Mountain Adventure

In June, we visited a campground that was new to us.  We camped at a campground on Burro Mountain, and the campground was right next to some off-road trails suitable for an OHV!  Of course, we had to take advantage of it!  Let’s check it out…

We went down a couple of different trails on our trip, and they all started out the same way – very easy and picturesque!!  And, interestingly, we were the only ones on the trail.  Of course, it was during the week – I’m thinking things would have been a bit more crowded if it was the weekend!

There were certainly some interesting shaped trees we came across along the way.  At one point, I even thought I saw some people camping in among the oddly shaped trees, only to find out it was a huge rock instead!!  I was getting so used to seeing oddly shaped trees, I thought the rock was an oddly shaped tent!! 

These photos don’t really do justice to the rough roads we encountered.  When we hit the really rough roads, I was too busy hanging on and protecting my camera to take any photos!!  But these images represented the beginning of the wild ride!! 

At various points along the way, we’d stop to see (not smell) the flowers!!  These were all prickly pear blooms, and you can see the length of those thorns!!  And, they were equally sharp, too!!

Back at the campground, it was very common to see mule deer wandering around.  They were wild, but seemed pretty comfortable with people, as long as we didn’t try to get too close.  Here are a few deer noticing Max walking with Jeff.  Some took off at a pretty brisk trot to another area of the campground, while the others simply walked slowly, not at all intimidated by our Max, who was very well-behaved around them!

One of the deer displayed enough trust to get fairly close to me, as I sat at our picnic table.  I moved very slowly so as to not spook her, and I was rewarded with this lovely portrait.  Isn’t she sweet?  Look at those ears, though!!

When the deer were behind our rig, they stopped to munch, and a couple would even reach up to munch on the leaves of the trees.  I just sat there and watched them wander and graze.  So relaxed and comfortable with me in such close quarters.

Enjoy!