The Nevada Triangle - March 2026 - Part Two

 

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More USGS Topo Map Goodness

 

The shovels came out as, once again, roadwork was required for us to make it up to our planned campsite near the Strozzi Ranch. The Lady and my last visit here was a very cold day and night in December 2024.

After setting up a comfortable camp, we enjoyed a relaxing day exploring the area. Strozzi Ranch was homesteaded in the early 1930’s by Caesar Strozzi. It was seasonally used up until 1947 as a ranching effort at Brier Spring.

 

 

 

 

 

The tangle of Brier Spring.

 

 

We climbed the ridge to the north, also with nice outcrops of welded volcanic tuff. Tinajas still held water.

 

 

It was a steep climb, and we checked out the possible shelter sites along the ridge. We found nothing.

 

 

 

We enjoyed a nice break in the shade at the shelter sites.

 

 

And then the women discovered there was cell service here.

 

 

The views from the ridge were outstanding. We looked down on the Strozzi Ranch.

 

 

 

And took our time working our way back to our campsite.

 

 

 

 

It was cloudy dreary day the next morning. A couple of items on the USGS topo map caught our attention.

 

 

They were Mexican Camp (site) and the ruins near a spring. We worked on a route to reach these points of interest.

 

 

 

I had never seen Green Ephedra (Ephedra viridis) so covered with pollen cones before.

 

 

 

Past the spring we found the stacked rock ruins of small buildings - the ruins site.

 

 

We investigated the few artifacts that remained, including another Acme right-handed frying pan.

 

 

 

 

We turned east to find the site of Mexican Camp that was marked on the map.

 

 

We did a thorough search of the flat where the tent camp that was called Mexican Camp once was. We found no trace of the old camp. The tiny speck on the hill above is the Lady, surveying from the high point with her see mores.

 

 

We worked out a loop route that would take us back to our camp.

 

 

 

Near a large spring we came upon proof there are mountain lions in Death Valley National Park.

 

 

 

One last ridge to cross over and we dropped down and intersected the road into Strozzi Ranch.

 

 

The next morning, we broke camp, left the Nevada Triangle, resupplied in the urban jungle of North Las Vegas, and ventured further east - the topic of the next blog post.