November 1999 - Saguaro Lake
Trail Rating - 2.0-3.0
Trip Leader: Chris Villarreal
Photos submitted by Chris Villarreal
The part I really enjoyed about the coves run was all the different hills to climb. If you like hills this is your run. Everywhere you looked there were rutted, loose inclines.
While out looking for 3rd cove we happened upon some fresh steaks blocking the trail.
Ok, so I was lost. But we found a cool area with some rocks to play on. Once I get my gears I would like to return and see how far up the wash we can go. The second picture is Bobby coming through the same stuff from the opposite direction.
We had lunch on the beach in cove #3. Would you believe 80 degrees in late November?
Spiders! One minute we were cruising along the next under attack by tarantulas! Just kidding. Ken put that on himself on PURPOSE! Some peoples kids.......
This is the hill from the 4x4 book we were using as a guide. The ruts up top were huge.
We had some fun on the last hill. It was covered in a silt like sand, with many deep ruts. When we first approached we saw another Jeep climb to the top and nearly flip over backwards as it's rear tires fell into the large rut at the top.
Yeeeehaa!
After a couple of tries I managed to claw my way to the top. A locker really makes this hill easy......
We had some full size spectators. After one attempt they gave up and drove around the hill.